White House Dinner Shooting Live Updates: Don’t think suspect cooperating with probe, says top US official
President Donald Trump arrives at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after a shooting incident outside the ballroom at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington. (A)
Trump Event Shooting Live Updates: After the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner where President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were present, acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche said the suspect will be charged on Monday morning. He said the suspect seemed to not cooperating with probe and added that he does not know if there is an Iranian connection to the incident. The US President and First Lady were rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington by Secret Service agents on Saturday night after a man opened fire on security personnel nearby.
Trump remains safe: The man fired a shotgun at a Secret Service agent at a checkpoint in the Washington Hilton hotel before being tackled and arrested. Trump told reporters at a hastily arranged briefing at the White House later that the officer was saved by his bulletproof vest and was in “good shape.”
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Suspect detained: A law enforcement official identified the suspect as Cole Tomas Allen, a California resident about 31 years old. Little was immediately known about Allen’s background, but social media postings suggested he was a teacher in Torrance, near Los Angeles. Washington interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said the suspect was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives. He was taken to a local hospital to be evaluated but it was too soon to say what his motivation was, Carroll said. Based on preliminary information, he was believed to have been a guest at the hotel, Carroll added.
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