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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: alexander_busek

He’s high yellow...but you are right that doesn’t matter. Besides, it was probably the white part of him that did this.


81 posted on 04/26/2026 4:13:57 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: mewzilla

“…while carrying a shotgun, a pistol and some knives, …”

NYPD used to have an Anti Crime squad the job of which was to remove guns from the streets. (Since disbanded on account of being “racist”.) these guys could spot armed miscreants simply by observing body language as the subject innocently walked down the street. Apparently this talent isn’t held by our “elite” law enforcement. A walking armory strolls up and no one the wiser.


82 posted on 04/26/2026 4:15:11 AM PDT by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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To: 9YearLurker

Yes. Even better.


83 posted on 04/26/2026 4:16:37 AM PDT by RoosterRedux ( )
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To: Wayne07

Yet wins “Teacher of the Month”. Strange.....


84 posted on 04/26/2026 4:16:55 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Liz

“And, the next thing I knew, a police officer threw me to the ground.”

That wasn’t a police officer it was Anderson Cooper trying to dry hump you Wolf.😎


85 posted on 04/26/2026 4:18:22 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo )
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To: TalBlack

Broken windows policing and stop and frisk worked.

Which is why Deep State has a mad-on for both.


86 posted on 04/26/2026 4:19:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: EinNYC; All
It proves, if you still need proof, that only the dregs of society are drawn to support Liberals.

These are hopelessly disaffected and dysfunctional losers who grasp on to any one and anything that accepts them and encourages their loser mentality!

The DNC has radicalized a whole strata of US society 😡

87 posted on 04/26/2026 4:19:19 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: Kudsman
The White House Correspondents Dinner is enemy territory to begin with, as it is made up of legacy media people. I don't know why President Trump went there; perhaps it was frustration with the alt-right media that promoted him in 2016, 2020, and 2024 and turned on him largely due to the Iran war. Trump is a classic Boomer, relying on Fox News and legacy media sources like The New York Times. He hasn't denounced them recently, turning his tweet fire on Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, et. al.

Whether the gunman was part of a terrorist group or a lone nut, it was the height of foolishness to have the President, the Vice President, and the Cabinet in one place at the same time other than at the White House or a military base. Whoever came up with this idea should have his or her head examined.

88 posted on 04/26/2026 4:19:45 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: NoLibZone

I’m curious, where or how was racial reparations mentioned in any of the reporting pertaining to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner?

My bet is race had nothing to do with this shooter. The shooter is an unhinged leftist. In other words, political ideology was likely where the motive will be found.


89 posted on 04/26/2026 4:19:56 AM PDT by redfreedom (The Forth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Wally_Kalbacken

That would work for me, especially after Trump and his DOJ decided to bring back firing squads for the method of execution recently.


90 posted on 04/26/2026 4:21:06 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: alexander_busek

It’s racialized because the media won’t mention or for the most part even report on violent gun crimes unless the perp is white and then they insist “he must be a white supremacists and MAGA supporter.”


91 posted on 04/26/2026 4:21:06 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: frank ballenger

Exactly. Difficult to see justice being done in this case.


92 posted on 04/26/2026 4:25:57 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Morgana

Shooter works for the Torrance School District. Betty Lieu is President of the School Board. (Not the same Betty Lou who has a new pair of shoes.)

She is MARRIED TO TED LIEU, RAT Congress Critter, and hater of PDJT.

“Ted’s wife, Betty, is a member of the Torrance Board of Education; a member of California’s Commission on Special Education; and a former California Deputy Attorney General.”


93 posted on 04/26/2026 4:32:52 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: alexander_busek

He’s Black With A Capital “B” though!


94 posted on 04/26/2026 4:40:44 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: JeemBeau

....How did the alleged shooter happen to decide to make a trip to D.C. and stay at this hotel?...

mebe he had a professional development day...


95 posted on 04/26/2026 4:45:05 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: OakOak

“Mental Illness doesn’t explain this“

The closest explanation is a type of Hypnosis, cult based conditioning even. Intense programming through “education”, and the “media” of highly suggestible people through repetition. Wind up toys. Your tax dollars at work.


96 posted on 04/26/2026 4:45:49 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: Beowulf9

He is Black???


97 posted on 04/26/2026 4:47:35 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: RoosterRedux

The FOURTH ESTATE IS THE FIFTH COLUMN IN THIS COUNTRY!!!!


98 posted on 04/26/2026 4:50:48 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: mewzilla

He ran in with a RIFLE??????


99 posted on 04/26/2026 4:54:16 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

“He is Black???”

Probably more than 50%. Someone posted a childhood pic of him, and he’s a black (not “Black”) kid.


100 posted on 04/26/2026 4:58:14 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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