New information on the White House Correspondences’ dinner shooter, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, was made public Sunday.
On Saturday night, just before the start of the annual event at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. — which President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and numerous other White House officials had chosen to attend — gun shots rang out.
Allen had attempted to rush past security with a number of weapons, including guns and knives, and even reportedly shot one Secret Service agent (who was later confirmed to be OK thanks to his bullet proof vest) before he was stopped and apprehended.
According to Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, law enforcement authorities obtained a manifesto written by Allen sometime after the Saturday night shooting.
Some of Allen’s personal social media accounts were also discovered.
NEWS: new info on the WHCD shooting suspect, Cole Allen, from the White House. I’ll be talking with President Trump about all of this in 30 minutes on@SundayBriefFNC
The suspect’s written manifesto clearly stated he wanted to target administration officials. He also had a ton…
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich)April 26, 2026
Per Heinrich, the manifesto clearly lays out Allen’s plan to target Trump administration officials in attendance at the event.
His social media accounts, including one on the left-wing X alternative Bluesky, are also filled with “anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric.”
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