White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen seen on local news segment from 2017 touting his invention

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White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen seen on local news segment from 2017 touting his invention

Updated 6 days ago
New York Post
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Summary

A 2017 local TV news segment featuring a man identified as the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect has resurfaced online in the wake of the incident. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include New York Post, CNN.

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White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen seen on local news segment from 2017 touting his invention
New York Post
New York Post
Lean Right
4/26/2026

White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen seen on local news segment from 2017 touting his invention

A 2017 local TV news segment featuring a man identified as the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect has resurfaced online in the wake of the incident. The clip, from ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC), shows a young Cole Allen — described as a Caltech student at the time — demonstrating a prototype wheelchair.

White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect worked as California teacher | CNN
CNN
CNN
Left
4/26/2026

White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect worked as California teacher

The man suspected of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday night worked as a teacher and video game developer from Southern California, according to public records. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, who lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, has been identified by law enforcement as.