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What We Know About Cole Tomas Allen, the Suspected WHCA Dinner Shooter
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What We Know About Cole Tomas Allen, the Suspected WHCA Dinner Shooter

TIME·Rebecca Schneid·about 1 month ago
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The suspect in a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner attended by President Donald Trump and his cabinet on Saturday has been identified as a teacher from California who took a train across the country to carry out his plan. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, has been named by several officials as the man apprehended by law enforcement as he tried to storm through a security screening point at the black-tie event at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.  President Trump and other top officials were whisked away from the event while hundreds of attendees sheltered under their tables as gunfire rang out. According to his social media and professional profiles, Allen is a teacher, engineer and videogame developer living in southern California. He legally obtained multiple guns before the attack took place, according to Bloomberg.…

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