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White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter identified
Daily Mail UK ^ | April 26, 2026 | SHAWN COHEN

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.com ...


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To: Morgana

Well, I for one wish to proudly virtue signal that diversity is our strength!


21 posted on 04/25/2026 11:58:09 PM PDT by Enterprise (Dear President Trump: With Iran, if you're going to shoot - shoot. Don't talk. )
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To: Morgana

It is DemomKKKrats like Pramila Jayapal, U.S. Representitive of Washington State who say:

“We must get rid of Trump by any means possible.” Comments like that act like jet fuel for the idiots with TDS.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/arXpxJKf6VM


22 posted on 04/26/2026 12:24:30 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The DemonKKKrat Marxists ride Unicorns on their fantasy farms.)
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To: Morgana

Are we certain those popping sounds weren’t just body joints?


23 posted on 04/26/2026 12:26:52 AM PDT by Jonty30 (I would have been an awesome merchant marine. I can sell convenient store items very well.)
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To: JeemBeau

He had a shotgun, a pistol and several knives … not a coincidence.


24 posted on 04/26/2026 12:29:54 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: NoLibZone

I only just learned about this, and I'm 9 time zones away, so...

Nevertheless, I question the validity of racializing this incident - just because the perp is a Black man.

Regards,

25 posted on 04/26/2026 12:38:32 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Morgana
... .the president was gathered along with his most senior cabinet members and thousands of journalists.

As if journalistssssss. are on a par with the President, Vice President and his cabinet. Scroo the thousands of jiurnalistssssss.

26 posted on 04/26/2026 12:40:51 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Good but then we have to stop saying he’s nuts or as Trump called him a whack job. Otherwise “Your Honor, my client was mentally ill or mentally defective at the time of the shooting. He must be afforded the healthcare in a psychiatric facility that he requires until he is back to normal.” “Agree.”


27 posted on 04/26/2026 12:42:43 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: TBP

These stinking communist bastards will never stop attempting to assassinate DJT...

It’s time to take, with prejudice, strong action to begin dealing with anyone who attempts, plans to attempt, encourages an attempt, or cheers an attempt, on the President’s life....


28 posted on 04/26/2026 12:43:56 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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bkm


29 posted on 04/26/2026 12:46:50 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: Morgana

The scattered background information is sketchy. The “teacher” was a part time tutor, teaching as a tutor. Why can’t he hold a full time teaching job as school districts still cry out for more black men as role models for kids n low income areas. The one time males are in demand. I knew a new graduate who had offers all over the place while females hoped for an interview.

Then....”worked on games involving nerf ball guns” and “hoped” to develop a new video game set in outer space.

Gave $25 donation for Kamala Harris For President.


30 posted on 04/26/2026 12:48:41 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Morgana

Is it just Joe Biden or does that guy look like Barack Obama?


31 posted on 04/26/2026 12:52:56 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Morgana

Who confirmed the shooter’s death first. Why? And who was their source?


32 posted on 04/26/2026 12:54:19 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: frank ballenger
And no verification of his immigration status, or if he has been using the same name all of his life ......

Yeah, it may sound very conspiracy theory oriented, but unless or until stuff like that is confirmed by more than one source, I'm not assuming anything about these people. Too many conspiracy theories are turning out to be true.

33 posted on 04/26/2026 12:57:06 AM PDT by Bernard ("Nothing is as expensive as that which the government provides for free." - Ronald Reagan)
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To: TBP
Very true, and Republicans need to loudly proclaim that as part of their campaigns. The Democrats are an enemy inside the gates.

If they reclaim the White House, they will destroy the country.

34 posted on 04/26/2026 1:05:20 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ( )
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

Yet, no one ever took a shot at Biden or Obama in 12 years of Presidency.

Mental Illness doesn’t explain this, and the Truth is they aren’t going to stop until he’s dead.

We still don’t have answers on Butler and his encrypted accounts.


35 posted on 04/26/2026 1:05:45 AM PDT by OakOak (Misinformation Campaign on your TV)
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To: Beowulf9
His whole family is composed of dark secrets, as seen on TV.

36 posted on 04/26/2026 1:08:48 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: EinNYC

Amen to that. I don’t do that for any site and I am only an America ca For st patriot. They may try to prove coke us to action but just easy t. The judgement day will come for the heathons.


37 posted on 04/26/2026 1:40:32 AM PDT by TermLimits4All ("If you stand for nothing, you'll fall for anything.")
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To: Morgana

Is he a moslem?


38 posted on 04/26/2026 1:53:09 AM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: FreedBird

And many of them have never written an honest story about Trump or his administration.


39 posted on 04/26/2026 1:53:50 AM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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To: Morgana
confirmed he was not struck by gunfire ((Despite the armed agents.))

Maybe he's like Jack "Legs" Diamond the gangster.

He was shot at by several cops, seriously wounded six times but always somehow pulled through for many years, leading him to proclaim "you can't kill me."

Finally died, though in 1931.

Surprisingly good old movie on him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T8LLJD42Mc

40 posted on 04/26/2026 1:55:49 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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