Posted on 04/25/2026 10:47:54 PM PDT by Morgana
The suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting has been identified as a California teacher.
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from Torrance, California is the alleged shooter who opened fire at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night.
The educator from the Los Angeles area faces firearms and assault charges after he allegedly breached a security checkpoint and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement.
Police revealed the suspect had a number of weapons on him including a shotgun, handgun and multiple knives.
President Trump shared a stunning image shortly after the shooting, showing the suspect shirtless and lying face down on the carpet.
Law enforcement confirmed he was not struck by gunfire while being stopped but has since been taken to the hospital for evaluation.
Itis understood Allen may have been a guest at the Hilton hotel where the event was taking place.
Surveillance video shows the suspect sprinting past a security checkpoint and attempting to reach the doors to the ballroom where the president was gathered along with his most senior cabinet members and thousands of journalists.
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I said he was Asian when he was on the ground. That was a side view. I could not see that he might have been black, too, until seeing a front view.
Checkout the hairline on the picture President Trump posted of trhe shooter on the ground. He’s got black textured hair. Not Asian.
His eyes are Asian. Look again.
“His eyes are Asian. Look again”
Other threads have a family photo. Unless he was adopted, his father is black, mother is white.
But the leftists/communists/Democrats ARE all insane deniers of reality.
They believe in child sacrifice, free energy, food and all else without personal effort, and that destriying centuries of progress will make the world better.
So actual American, unless he’s an anchor baby.
Great questions .
lol
How secure were tents and porta potties.
Can't imagine what leaders from other countries thought of the arrangement.
Well gosh golly gee...
What a total coincidence...
Idts
Good point.
Now we know there’s a good reason to get the White House ballroom completed.
As for his internal, Deep State enemies, Trump should learn from his own troubles and the toppling of Nixon, that they neither forgive nor forget.
The ripple effects of the shooter’s decision are going to disrupt what looks like a close knit family. The consequences of liberalism are vast.
They were calling him a mulatto last night. š
They’re saying it’s difficult to get a reservation there during the WHCD. He would have had to have made the reservation months ago. But back then, he’d have had no way of knowing that Trump would attend. I think it’s pretty likely he had help.
Go figure. Iād have guessed you would like someone who tried to kill the President of The United States. Hell, it was a Confederate who started that tradition.
Have you done that training?
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