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Man Charged with Shooting Secret Service Agent at White House Correspondents' Dinner

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A man charged with shooting a Secret Service agent at the White House correspondents' dinner has been taken into custody. The suspect, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old teacher from Los Angeles, California, charged the security checkpoint with multiple weapons and shot a Secret Service officer, but the bullet hit his bulletproof vest.

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Man charged security checkpoint and shot Secret Service agent at White House correspondent dinner : Trump

Media Coverage · April 26, 2026

A man, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, charged the security checkpoint at the White House correspondents' dinner, armed with multiple weapons, and shot a Secret Service agent. The agent's bulletproof vest saved his life. The suspect was taken into custody.

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  • Cole Tomas Allen
  • Secret Service agent shooting
  • White House correspondents' dinner
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Media Coverage April 26, 2026

Man charged security checkpoint and shot Secret Service agent at White House correspondent dinner : Trump

A man, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, charged the security checkpoint at the White House correspondents' dinner, armed with multiple weapons, and shot a Secret Service agent. The agent's bulletproof vest saved his life. The suspect was taken into custody.

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