SHOTS NEAR THE HEAD TABLE: THE COLE ALLEN WHITE HOUSE DINNER ATTACK
Published: April 27, 2026
Duration: 26:20
A teacher of the month, a Caltech engineer, a hotel room on the 10th floor — and the night gunfire reached the President's first Correspondents' Dinner.
On Saturday, April 25th, the White House Correspondents' Dinner had barely begun when shots rang out near the magnetometers outside the Washington Hilton ballroom. President Trump, the First Lady, the Vice President, and members of the Cabinet were rushed to safety. A Secret Service agent took a round in his vest. The accused gunman: Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a Caltech-educated teacher and indie video game developer from Torrance, California — a man with no r...
On Saturday, April 25th, the White House Correspondents' Dinner had barely begun when shots rang out near the magnetometers outside the Washington Hilton ballroom. President Trump, the First Lady, the Vice President, and members of the Cabinet were rushed to safety. A Secret Service agent took a round in his vest. The accused gunman: Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a Caltech-educated teacher and indie video game developer from Torrance, California — a man with no r...