Details of Trump's White House Press Dinner Shooting Incident Exposed

The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C., posted on social media in the early morning of the 26th, stating that the police had arrested a suspect involved in the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, and seized two firearms and multiple knives. Trump posted on social media that the shooter has been arrested. The FBI's Washington Field Office National Capital Response Squad also released a message saying that the shooter has been detained.

The White House Correspondents' Association dinner was held on the 25th at the Washington Hilton Hotel, with the U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Treasury, and other government officials also attending the event.

△Image posted by Trump on social media, source: CCTV News, Xinhua News Agency

On April 26th, local time, it was revealed by an informed source that the man suspected of firing a gun at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was a teacher and game developer from southern California.

Several informed sources claimed that Cole Thomas Allen, aged 31, had been identified by law enforcement as the suspect, and he resides in the city of Torrance, Los Angeles. He was apprehended near the dinner site attended by President Trump and numerous politicians that evening.

A LinkedIn profile matching his name and photo shows that Allen is a part-time teacher at C2 Education, a company mainly engaged in exam preparation and tutoring services.

The profile also indicates that Allen graduated from the California Institute of Technology in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, and obtained a master's degree in computer science last year from California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Furthermore, according to records from the Federal Election Commission, Allen made a $25 donation to Kamala Harris in support of her presidential campaign in October 2024.

In the early morning of April 26th, local time, reports from the American Columbia Broadcasting System, citing two sources, indicated that the suspect involved in the security incident at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on the evening of the 25th, has confessed to U.S. law enforcement authorities that his target was U.S. government officials.