The translation of the text is: «Shooting at the Correspondents' Dinner at the White House: Who Shot?»
26 april 2026 в 20:13
Everyone who attended the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026, left the event in confusion after gunshots rang out in the hall. Donald Trump, Melania Trump, J.D. Vance, and others were immediately evacuated from the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington, D.C. Shortly after, Trump held a press conference where he announced that the suspected shooter had been apprehended and would face legal consequences.
«What happened last night is exactly why our great Armed Forces, Secret Service, law enforcement, and, for various reasons, every president over the last 150 years has called for the construction of a large, safe, and secure hall on the White House grounds», - Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social. «This event would never have happened if the military-secure hall currently being built in the White House had already been completed. It can’t be built too quickly! While it is beautiful and has all the most modern security measures, and there are no upper rooms where unprotected people can access, it is located within the gates of the most secure building in the world—the White House».
Below are all the updates on the identity of the suspected shooter, his background, and the motives behind the attempted assassination of the Republican president.
The suspected shooter has been identified as 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen.
Several sources reported that Allen is from Torrance, California, a city in Los Angeles County.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Allen has no registered party affiliation, so he is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. However, in October 2024, Allen donated $ 25 to the organization ActBlue, which raises funds for Democrats, according to the Federal Election Commission. The donation was reportedly directed to Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign in 2024.
Allen reportedly graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2017, where he studied mechanical engineering. During his studies, he was a member of a Christian fraternity, according to his LinkedIn profile.
A computer science professor named Bin Tang from California State University, Dominguez Hills, told the Associated Press that Allen attended some of his classes and was always a well-mannered student.
«[Allen] was indeed a very good student, always sitting in the front row of my class, listening attentively, and often writing to me with questions about the material», - Tang told the publication. «He was quiet, very polite, a good person. I am very shocked to see this news».
Allen is an educator in Southern California. He even received the title of «Teacher of the Month»
«What happened last night is exactly why our great Armed Forces, Secret Service, law enforcement, and, for various reasons, every president over the last 150 years has called for the construction of a large, safe, and secure hall on the White House grounds», - Trump wrote on the social media platform Truth Social. «This event would never have happened if the military-secure hall currently being built in the White House had already been completed. It can’t be built too quickly! While it is beautiful and has all the most modern security measures, and there are no upper rooms where unprotected people can access, it is located within the gates of the most secure building in the world—the White House».
Below are all the updates on the identity of the suspected shooter, his background, and the motives behind the attempted assassination of the Republican president.
The suspected shooter has been identified as 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen.
Several sources reported that Allen is from Torrance, California, a city in Los Angeles County.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Allen has no registered party affiliation, so he is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. However, in October 2024, Allen donated $ 25 to the organization ActBlue, which raises funds for Democrats, according to the Federal Election Commission. The donation was reportedly directed to Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign in 2024.
Allen reportedly graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2017, where he studied mechanical engineering. During his studies, he was a member of a Christian fraternity, according to his LinkedIn profile.
A computer science professor named Bin Tang from California State University, Dominguez Hills, told the Associated Press that Allen attended some of his classes and was always a well-mannered student.
«[Allen] was indeed a very good student, always sitting in the front row of my class, listening attentively, and often writing to me with questions about the material», - Tang told the publication. «He was quiet, very polite, a good person. I am very shocked to see this news».
Allen is an educator in Southern California. He even received the title of «Teacher of the Month»
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