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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Christelle May Napiza

Alleged Gunman Cole Allen's Manifesto Reveals to Spare One Trump Official Leaving Investigators Scrambling for Motive

A 31-year-old Californian part-time teacher arrived at one of Washington's most high-profile annual events with a shotgun, a handgun, several knives, and a 1,052-word plan to kill the President of the United States.

Cole Tomas Allen sent a manifesto to his family moments before he exchanged gunfire with Secret Service agents at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. Within that document lay a detail that has since consumed federal investigators: among the full roster of Trump administration officials Allen allegedly marked for death, one name was deliberately absent.

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