TERROR ATTACK: Would Be Assassin At White House Correspondents’ Dinner Was ‘TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY”

The shooter at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner has been identified as 31-y-old Cole Allen from Torrance, California.

He works as a teacher and was recently given the award of “Teacher of Month in Los Angeles County”

Registered Democrat, of course.

This country has a terrible, horrible problem with radicalized teachers.

The shooter at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner has been identified as 31-y-old Cole Allen from Torrance, California.

He works as a teacher and was recently given the award of “Teacher of Month in Los Angeles County” pic.twitter.com/rGnYDmnjOZ

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“No president has ever been targeted for assassination three times. The level of political violence from the left is historic. We’ve never seen anything like it in the entire history of this nation. It’s a five alarm fire. National emergency. Drastic measures must be taken.” (Matt Walsh)

A White House Correspondents’ Dinner volunteer said the suspected gunman appeared to assemble a “long” weapon in a lightly monitored area near the terrace-level entrance before opening fire and rushing toward the ballroom.

The witness, Helen Mabus, a volunteer working the event who said she is from Harrisburg, Pa., described a “makeshift room” near the entrance where bar carts were being stored and where “there was no security” at the time.

“He was in that room […] he grabbed it out of a bag or something,” Mabus said, adding that the weapon “was long” and “didn’t look like a typical gun.”

The White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter was armed with a shotgun, handgun, and multiple knives, according to DC police chief Jeffrey Carroll.

The shooter was identified as 31-year-old teacher Cole Allen from Torrance, California.

The suspect emerged from a “makeshift… pic.twitter.com/aUK5m6AwCr

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BREAKING: President Trump has shared footage of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting and a photo of the suspect. pic.twitter.com/3H1M7hwKbj

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Trump Evacuated As SHOTS FIRED at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Shooter Dead

“In light of this evening’s events, I ask that all Americans recommit with their hearts in resolving our differences peacefully.” – President Donald J. Trump

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WATCH IN FULL: @POTUS delivers remarks on this evening’s events at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. pic.twitter.com/IhOscjR7Dg

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Cole Allen, 31-year-old California teacher, ID’d as White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter

By Joe Marino, Josh Christenson, Daniel Farr, Steven Nelson, Jared Downing and Emily Goodin, NY Post, April 25, 2026:

WASHINGTON — The gunman who opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night has been identified as Cole Allen of Torrance, Calif. — with President Trump calling him a likely “lone wolf whack job” who “looked pretty evil.”

The 31-year-old, identified by federal law enforcement sources, was arrested after allegedly entering the Washington Hilton hotel and charging toward the ballroom where Trump and roughly 2,500 guests had assembled.

The gunfire broke out near the event’s indoor security screening area just after 8:30 p.m. — as salad was being served. The Secret Service rushed Trump out of the room as members of his cabinet ducked under tables before they too were evacuated.

A LinkedIn profile matching his name and photo described him as a teacher at C2 Education, a tutoring and test prep company. C2 awarded him the “teacher of the month” in December 2024, according to social media posts.

Allen graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2017 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, according to the LinkedIn profile.

A spokeswoman for Caltech told the New York Times that a person named Cole Allen had earned an undergraduate degree in 2017, but the school did not have any further information immediately available.

“At this point it does appear he is a lone actor, a lone gunman,” Carroll said. “There does not appear to be any sort of danger to the public.”

Allen was being charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence and with assault of a federal officer, Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said Saturday.

Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) were later seen raiding his Torrance address.

Trump hosted a press conference at the White House shortly after the incident, joined by first lady Melania Trump, who appeared on the verge of tears when her husband mentioned prior assassination attempts.

“There was a tremendous amount of love and coming together I watched,” the president said. “I was very, very impressed by that.”

Trump revealed that he heard the gunshots but was not immediately aware of the danger.

“I heard a noise, and thought it was a tray going down,” he said. “We heard that noise, and it was either a tray or a bullet. I was hoping it was a tray.”

The president vowed to headline a new, rescheduled correspondents’ dinner within 30 days and to rework his prepared remarks, in which he said he had been prepared to rip into reporters.

Trump praised White House Correspondents’ Association president Weijia Jiang of CBS News, with whom he sat on stage, for her leadership, prompting the briefing room to erupt in applause.

“I fought like hell to stay,” Trump said. “They said, ‘Please, sir,’ because they didn’t know … there was a lot of action going on, and they didn’t know.”

Trump said Allen “was fast — he was running full blast” and “charged from 50 yards away.”

The president said that he doesn’t believe the attack was linked to the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran.

“It’s not going to deter me from winning the war in Iran. I don’t know if that had anything to do with it. I really don’t think so, based on what we know,” Trump said.

He also vowed to continue his hard-charging political style.

“A lot of other people, you know, you read stories when they become basket cases, to be honest with you. I’m not a basket case,” Trump said.

“I want to live because I want to make this country great. That’s why I want to live. When you’re impactful, they go after you.”

The president declined to answer a question about how weapons were smuggled inside the hotel.

Law enforcement officers surround a shirtless individual lying on stairs under a yellow “DO NOT CROSS” tape.
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Guests had to pass an outer security perimeter, where they were required to show either a ticket or an invitation to a pre-party. There was no screening for weapons except for immediately before the ballroom.

A witness told The Post that the suspect appeared to emerge from a “makeshift room” near the entrance where bar carts were being stored and where “there was no security” at the time.

“He was in that room […] he grabbed it out of a bag or something,” said witness Helen Mabus, a volunteer working the event, adding that the weapon “was long” and “didn’t look like a typical gun.”

Witnesses described a frantic scene inside the venue after between four and eight shots were fired.

Attendees dove under tables as confusion spread when a phalanx of armed Secret Service agents thundered down the central aisle.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who was sitting with the Washington Post, was stepped on by a Secret Service agent, a witness told The Post’s Miranda Device. Dhillon confirmed that she suffered a “facial bruise” during the mayhem.

An elderly man in attendance also appeared to be injured and limped out of the ballroom with assistance.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was sitting with The Post about 40 feet from the president, said shortly afterward that “I was hoping the room hadn’t been breached.”

“There were a lot of high-value targets in the room,” Bessent said. “The president and vice president were both up on stage.”