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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect faces life in prison as feds reveal four-count indictment

A federal grand jury has indicted the man accused of trying to kill President Donald Trump and administration officials at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where he allegedly stormed through security with firearms and knives.

Cole Allen faces four counts, including attempting to assassinate the president and assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon, a charge that was not among the initial counts from the Department of Justice after the April 25 attack. Allen is accused of shooting a Secret Service agent in the chest with a shotgun.

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