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Details emerge of alleged shooter at White House correspondents' dinner

Details emerge of alleged shooter at White House correspondents' dinner ![Agents stand guard after the shooting

A chaotic White House Correspondents' Dinner, as told by NPR reporters in the room

White House Correspondents Association Dinner on Saturday.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3800x3800+950+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F99%2Fa9%2F5447b2044e1f9eef1f58ce8c53ce%2Fgettyimages-2273151161.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118807/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [Details emerge of alleged shooter

With no radical footprint, what drove suspect to try and assassinate Trump?

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Prosecutors seek detention of alleged White House dinner shooter

White House correspondents’ dinner. The [motion](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.291781/gov.uscourts.dcd.291781.10.0.pdf), aimed at keeping Allen detained and filed by the US attorney for DC, Jeanine Pirro, includes two selfies of the alleged shooter standing in front

White House press dinner shooting raises questions over security at event

dinner shooting raises questions over security at event The shooting in the White House correspondents’ gala has prompted questions over security with some asking how a shooter was able to get close to where [Donald

‘We went under the table screaming’: guests recount commotion from White House correspondents’ dinner

correspondents’ dinner while the first course of burrata and greens sat on their plates. “We thought that some of the plates for the dinner fell, and next thing you know, we all went under

White House journalists’ gala ended like many US events do: with gun violence

White House correspondents’ dinner, conversations [centered on](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/donald-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner) the role of the media and freedom of the press as journalists prepared to dine with the president. Instead of a speech stacked with heated

Alleged White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter set to appear in federal court

shooter set to appear in federal court ![Secret Service agents responded to a shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening. President Trump and other administration officials

Here's a look inside the security for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner

Correspondents' Association dinner has long been held at the Washington Hilton, which hosts a lot of high profile events at least in part because of a unique design that is specifically intended for presidential security

What we know about the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

shooter has been apprehended, and I have recommended that we "LET THE SHOW GO ON" but, will entirely be guided by Law Enforcement." He followed up with a second post, where he said law enforcement

What to know about Cole Allen, alleged WH correspondents’ dinner shooter

shooter Police in the United States have arrested a suspected gunman who stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner, attended by US President Donald Trump, at a hotel in Washington

First Thing: White House correspondents’ dinner suspect to be charged as motive examined

White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening, identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, from Torrance, California, is [due to appear in court later today](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/white-house-press-dinner-shooting-motive). He is expected to be formally