California Educator Named as Lone Gunman in White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting
CBS News reports 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, a Torrance, California educator with degrees from Caltech and Cal State Dominguez Hills, opened fire outside the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, firing five to eight shots and injuring a Secret Service agent who was protected by a vest. Allen was apprehended at the scene and is described as a lone actor. He owned a shotgun used in the attack and a semiautomatic pistol, and had lived at multiple Los Angeles-area addresses. He will be charged in federal court with using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer, with more charges possible as the investigation continues; motive has not been released, though officials say he appeared to target Trump administration officials.