Caltech grad charged in D.C. gala shooting; motive and timeline under investigation
TL;DR
A 31-year-old Torrance teacher and Caltech graduate, Cole Tomas Allen, was charged with transporting firearms across state lines and discharging a firearm during the Washington Hilton incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Prosecutors say he traveled from California with a 12-gauge shotgun, wrote a manifesto calling himself a 'Friendly Federal Assassin' and targeting Trump administration officials, and emailed family about his planned breach. A Secret Service agent was wounded; it’s not yet clear whether Allen fired at the agent, and investigators are still piecing together the sequence and motive as a custody hearing is set to determine his detention.
Topics:top-newsworld-and-nation#crime#gun-violence#manifesto#national-security#trump-administration#world-and-nation
- Mysteries surround Cole Tomas Allen and his final movements in D.C. attack Los Angeles Times
- Video shows moment Secret Service officer fired at correspondents’ dinner suspect The Washington Post
- WHCD shooting: What’s next for the suspect and Trump’s ballroom The Hill
- With no radical footprint, what drove suspect to try and assassinate Trump? NPR
- Most Guests Ducked for Cover. This Man Munched on His Burrata Salad. The New York Times
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