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Caltech Engineer Shoots at White House Dinner Checkpoint, Arrested

4/26/2026

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Cole Allen Shoots

The suspect is a Caltech-trained mechanical engineer who also worked as a part-time tutor and indie game developer.
Cole Allen opened fire at White House Correspondents’ Dinner security checkpoint in Washington, D.C., resulting in his federal custody.
A Secret Service agent who was shot had the bullet stopped by the officer’s vest.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Allen faces firearm-use and assault charges against a federal officer.

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Cole Allen Awarded

Cole Tomas Allen was named C2 Education’s December 2024 Teacher of the Month.
The suspect rushed a Secret Service checkpoint at Washington Hilton with shotgun, handgun and knives, then was taken into custody.
Allen earned a 2017 Caltech mechanical-engineering bachelor’s and a 2025 CS master’s.
The developer released the chemistry game “Bohrdom” and gave $25 to Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign.

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Cole Allen Shoots

The suspect is a Caltech-trained mechanical engineer who also worked as a part-time tutor and indie game developer.
Cole Allen opened fire at White House Correspondents’ Dinner security checkpoint in Washington, D.C., resulting in his federal custody.
A Secret Service agent who was shot had the bullet stopped by the officer’s vest.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Allen faces firearm-use and assault charges against a federal officer.

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