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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

White House press dinner shooting raises questions over security at event

Secret Service agents responding to shooting incident at White House Correspondents Association Dinner
Secret Service agents responding to shooting incident at the White House correspondents’ dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

The shooting at the White House correspondents’ gala has prompted questions over security, with some asking how a shooter was able to get close to where Donald Trump and many other senior administration officials were gathered and many others praising the actions of law enforcement officers that swiftly stopped the attack.

As details about the shooting at the Washington Hilton continued to surface, the alleged shooter, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, mocked an “insane” lack of security at the Washington dinner in a manifesto reportedly sent to his family 10 minutes before his assault started.

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