From left, Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Darren B. Cox, deputy assistant director of the FBI Criminal Investigative Division, conduct a news conference at the Department of Justice about Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting, on Monday, April 27, 2026.

Event Overview

Who shot a Secret Service officer at the Trump press dinner?

Updated 13 hours ago

2 articles•2 sources

Summary

Court papers do not explicitly accuse the suspect of shooting the officer, even as officials say it was not "friendly fire". This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

What This Means

This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include Fox News, BBC News.

Source Coverage

Left / left-center

Center

Right / right-center

Fox News

5/10

Right

Factual: mixed · Credibility: medium

BBC News

8/10

Lean Left

Factual: high · Credibility: high

Original Reporting (2)

Secret Service 'model worked' during WHCA Dinner shooting but 'luck' played a role, experts say

Fox News

Right

5/2/2026

Secret Service 'model worked' during WHCA Dinner shooting but 'luck' played a role, experts say

Newly released video shows the alleged White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooter, Cole Allen, running through security. Former U.S. Attorney Cully Stimson analyzes the judge's decision to keep Allen in custody. When an armed gunman rushed past a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’.

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BBC News

Lean Left

5/1/2026

Who shot a Secret Service officer at the Trump press dinner?

Nearly a week after a suspect allegedly tried to assassinate President Donald Trump at a press gala, key details about the shooting remain unclear. As the investigation has evolved, prosecutors' statements have changed on whether the suspect shot a US Secret Service officer as gunfire rang out at the Washington Hilton.

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