Event Overview
Authorities Release Video of Gunman in White House Correspondents’ Dinner Attack
Federal prosecutors released video footage showing a man armed with guns and knives attempting to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, sprinting through security and toward the ballroom. The suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, and authorities say he raised a gun as he moved through a checkpoint; frame-by-frame analysis suggests he may have fired. The Secret Service officer was shot in an incident described as non-friendly-fire by authorities. The distance from magnetometers to the podium was reported as 355 feet. Allen remains jailed while awaiting trial. Different outlets corroborate the sequence of events and identify the suspect, with minor differences in exact framing details.
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Authorities Release Video of Gunman in White House Correspondents’ Dinner Attack
The F.B.I. and prosecutors shared an annotated video showing the suspect sprinting through a checkpoint and raising a gun. A frame-by-frame analysis suggests that he may have fired.
WATCH: Correspondents' dinner shooting suspect seen running through security in surveillance footage
Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors released a video Thursday showing the moment authorities say a man armed with guns and knives tried to storm the White House.
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In a week that’s seen a third apparent assassination attempt against President Trump with shots fired at the White House Correspondents Dinner. The suspect, 31 year old Cole Thomas Allen, had booked a room at the Washington Hilton, and taken a selfie in his room which prosecutors say shows him arming up 30 minutes.
First on CNN: Judge privately admonishes prosecutors for grandstanding at hearing for press dinner gunman
A federal judge privately admonished prosecutors for attempting to grandstand Thursday at a detention hearing for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman, according to a transcript first obtained by CNN. “I don’t know what’s going on here. I know that you want to present your case, I guess, to some audience.