Cole Tomas Allen: White House correspondents’ dinner suspect identified | ABC NEWS
A 31-year-old man was arrested after a shooting forced US President Donald Trump to evacuate the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC. Several high-ranking Trump administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, were present when the event was interrupted. The suspect has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen from California.
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