Video shows moment Secret Service officer fired at correspondents’ dinner suspect
The Washington Post • • nation
Key Points:
- Surveillance footage reviewed by The Washington Post shows Cole Tomas Allen raising a shotgun toward a Secret Service officer outside the White House correspondents’ dinner.
- The officer fired at least four times as Allen fled through a security checkpoint near the Washington Hilton ballroom.
- The high-resolution video captures the critical four seconds from Allen’s sprint out of a doorway to his collapse at the top of a staircase near where President Trump and officials were seated.
- The footage provides the clearest visual account yet of the incident, though not every gunshot fired is visible in the video.
