Cole Tomas Allen photographed with weapons before White House Correspondents' dinner shooting
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Updated · BBC.com · Apr 29
Cole Tomas Allen photographed with weapons before White House Correspondents' dinner shooting
21 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Apr 29
Prosecutors released new images showing Allen, 31, posing with multiple weapons in his Washington hotel room before the April 25 attack targeting President Trump and officials.
Allen allegedly traveled from California, monitored live coverage of the event, and charged a security checkpoint with a shotgun, injuring a Secret Service agent. He faces life in prison if convicted.
Prosecutors argue Allen's actions were premeditated and violent, seeking his continued detention. The attack, described as anti-democratic, has raised concerns about security at high-profile political events.
Why were key security measures being dismantled while the President was still at the event?
After three attempts in two years, can the President's security detail adapt fast enough?
What drove an educated engineer with no criminal past to attempt presidential assassination?
His family warned police. How did the suspect still manage to get so close to his target?
How does the law define an assassination 'attempt' when the target was never directly fired upon?
Was the Hilton shooting a security triumph or a near-disaster averted by sheer luck?