Live updates White House correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect wrote statement denouncing Trump
The Washington Post • • nation
Key Points:
- The suspect in the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, reportedly wrote a statement indicating he intended to target members of President Donald Trump’s administration.
- Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche noted that Allen appeared to be targeting Trump administration members and possibly Trump himself, though the information remains preliminary.
- Investigators based their assessment on Allen’s writings, including a statement he sent to family members prior to the shooting.
- D.C. interim police chief Jeffery Carroll confirmed that Allen was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and knives when he breached a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton during the event.
- The incident occurred as hundreds of journalists, politicians, and celebrities were gathered for the White House correspondents’ dinner.
