During the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD), a shooter infiltrated the event. The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, sent a “manifesto” to friends and family before proceeding with the attack. Right-wing media and supporters believe that Allen was radicalized by leftist talking points, blaming criticisms of Trump for spurring the 31-year-old on.
According to Reuters, the District of Columbia Police Department believes that Allen was a guest in the Washington Hilton Hotel. Allen graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Social media posts also imply that he was a teacher for C2 Education.
