Law enforcement agencies name Cole Tomas Allen as Trump posts video of man sprinting through checkpoint at hotel
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Law enforcement agencies have identified Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, southern California, a suburb of Los Angeles, as the suspected gunman arrested at the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night.
Allen, 31, has no record of criminal charges or a civil court history in Los Angeles county, according to a records search.
Video posted to the Truth Social platform by Donald Trump on Saturday evening showed surveillance footage of a man sprinting through a Secret Service checkpoint near the main magnetometer metal detector screening area just outside the main ballroom of the Washington Hilton, the venue for the event. Agents can be seen drawing weapons and opening fire as he runs past. Trump also posted a picture of a shirtless man then lying on the floor as if apprehended.
