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BumRushDaShow

(171,148 posts) Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:00 AM 15 hrs ago

Suspect in WH Correspondents' dinner shooting due in court as lawmakers question event security

Source: Scripps News

Posted 52 minutes ago

The alleged gunman who opened fire at the White House Correspondents' dinner on Saturday is due in court Monday as lawmakers question security measures at the event.

Authorities apprehended 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrence, California, before he could enter the ballroom. The room held 2,300 guests, including President Donald Trump and many cabinet members in the line of succession.

One officer was shot in their bullet-resistant vest amid the chaos but is expected to recover. Inside the ballroom, attendees heard shots before Secret Service agents stormed the stage to protect Trump and others.

Scripps News learned that Allen sprinted through a security checkpoint and left behind a manifesto expressing a desire to target top Trump administration officials. Family members told investigators Allen had a tendency to make radical statements.

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/crime/suspect-in-wh-correspondents-dinner-shooting-due-in-court-as-lawmakers-question-event-security

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Suspect in WH Correspondents' dinner shooting due in court as lawmakers question event security (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago OP

Seems like the security worked as planned underpants 15 hrs ago #1

"He ran past one level of security and that was it." BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago #2

Imagine Republican outrage if a Democratic president pardons Allen on the first day of his/her term in 2029. sop 14 hrs ago #3

underpants

(196,916 posts)

1. Seems like the security worked as planned

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:06 AM

15 hrs ago

I just heard a former Deputy Director of the Secret Service on NPR saying that he was stopped well before he got into the ballroom and no shots were needed (in a tight space). He ran past one level of security and that was it.

BumRushDaShow

(171,148 posts)

2. "He ran past one level of security and that was it."

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 27, 2026, 09:27 AM

14 hrs ago

He should have never made it through that level.

There was a map showing how far he got (literally to the stairs going down to the entrance doors).

sop

(19,014 posts)

3. Imagine Republican outrage if a Democratic president pardons Allen on the first day of his/her term in 2029.