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Who is the suspect in the WHCA dinner shooting?

Updated 6 days ago
The Hill
CNN
Fox News
New York Post
4 articles4 sources
Summary

Cole Allen has been identified as the suspect in the shooting at the annual White House Correspondents Associated dinner by multiple outlets after the Saturday incident at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Allen is expected. This cluster currently includes 4 articles from 4 sources.

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This cluster currently includes 4 articles from 4 sources. Sources in this event include The Hill, CNN, Fox News, and others.

Original Reporting (4)
Who is the suspect in the WHCA dinner shooting?
The Hill
The Hill
Center
4/26/2026

Who is the suspect in the WHCA dinner shooting?

Cole Allen has been identified as the suspect in the shooting at the annual White House Correspondents Associated dinner by multiple outlets after the Saturday incident at the Washington Hilton Hotel. Allen is expected to be arraigned on Monday on two preliminary charges that include using a firearm during a crime of.

How Washington’s biggest annual dinner transformed into chaos — and a crime scene | CNN Politics
CNN
CNN
Left
4/26/2026

How Washington’s biggest annual dinner transformed into chaos — and a crime scene

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were seated on the stage of the cavernous Washington Hilton ballroom just after 8:30 p.m. ET Saturday evening, playfully engaging with the evening’s entertainer, mentalist Oz Pearlman. Just outside, a man sprinted through a security checkpoint with a shotgun in hand.

How did suspected gunman get weapons into Correspondents' Dinner? Ex-detective questions security failures
Fox News4/26/2026

How did suspected gunman get weapons into Correspondents' Dinner? Ex-detective questions security failures

Following a terrifying security breach at the Washington Hilton where suspect Cole Allen opened fire, former D.C. homicide detective Ted Williams joined 'Fox News Live' to analyze how the shooter bypassed outer perimeters and why the overcrowded ballroom left high-profile dignitaries and journalists as 'sitting ducks'.

WHCD
New York Post
New York Post
Lean Right
4/26/2026

WHCD gunman Cole Allen sent anti-Trump manifesto, said he wanted to take out Trump officials: ‘The Friendly Federal Assassin’

WASHINGTON — Gunman Cole Allen sent an anti-President Trump manifesto to his family members about 10 minutes before opening fire at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner — calling himself the “Friendly Federal Assassin” and revealing he was trying to kill Trump administration officials , The Post has.