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Police Subdue Suspect Near White House Dinner, Trump Present

4/26/2026

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Police subdued 31-year-old suspect Cole Tomas Allen near the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump.
Allen taught part-time at C2 Education and created indie video games.
Allen sent a manifesto to his family minutes before the shooting, which his brother delivered to police.
Allen earned a Caltech mechanical-engineering degree in 2017, a computer-science master’s in 2025, and donated $25 to Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign.

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Police subdued 31-year-old suspect Cole Tomas Allen near the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump.
Allen taught part-time at C2 Education and created indie video games.
Allen sent a manifesto to his family minutes before the shooting, which his brother delivered to police.
Allen earned a Caltech mechanical-engineering degree in 2017, a computer-science master’s in 2025, and donated $25 to Kamala Harris’s 2024 campaign.