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Correspondents’ dinner suspect faces new charge of assaulting federal officer Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected
Correspondents' Dinner, as told by NPR reporters in the room](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/nx-s1-5800105/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-scene-trump) Allen faces charges including using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer
assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon, according to U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro. Here's [what we know about Allen so far](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118826/cole-allen-suspected-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooter-profile). . He is expected to be formally charged with
assault of a federal officer and using a firearm during a crime of violence, officials said. The president delivered a briefing from the White House after the attack. Speaking while wearing black tie attire
assault of a federal officer, discharging a firearm and attempting to kill a federal officer. Surveillance footage shows a man rushing across the space outside the ballroom. A federal agent was shot but was wearing
Correspondents' Association and not the White House. Sunday morning, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt [posted on social media](https://x.com/presssec/status/2048411637690831288?s=46&t=mkIcj26UgQbdKCovlxkgCQ) that the dinner was "hijacked by a depraved crazy person who sought
correspondents' dinner was taking place, Carroll said, adding that he was "armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives". "At this point, it does appear he is a lone actor, a lone gunman
dinner did not have another comedian until 2022, during the administration of US President Joe Biden. Last year, during Trump’s first term back in office, the association abruptly cancelled a planned performance by comedian
assault at the Hilton – the same hotel where then president Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981 – also occurred against a backdrop of surging [political violence](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-political-violence) and an epidemic of gun violence
assaulting a US officer or employee with a deadly weapon. The new charge comes in the wake of questions over whether a Secret Service officer - who was shot but not seriously wounded in the attack
Correspondents' Dinner shooter Cole Tomas Allen, whose LinkedIn account says he graduated from California State University, Dominguez Hills in 2025. **LinkedIn** LinkedIn In addition to teaching, Allen was also a self-employed video game developer
federal law enforcement officers before getting close to his presumed targets. [![Secret Service agents responded to a shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening. President Trump