What We Know About Correspondent's Dinner Shooter

About this episode

The episode discusses the identification of the shooter at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner and the implications of the incident.

The suspect in Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner shooting has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old teacher and tutor from Torrance, California. Allen, who was arrested at the scene after shooting a Secret Service agent (who survived due to a vest), reportedly targeted the event with a "manifesto" expressing intent to attack the Trump administration. The BIG question right now: How did he get so close to all these high-ranking government officials? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics covered

• shooting
• White House Correspondents' Dinner
• security
• government officials
• Trump administration

Keywords

• Cole Tomas Allen
• shooting
• White House Correspondents' Dinner
• Secret Service
• Trump administration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: White House Correspondents' Association, Trump administration

Places: Torrance, California

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