Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Monday laid out a timeline of suspect Cole Tomas Allen’s movements leading up to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
Here’s a timeline of his movements, according to officials:
April 6: Pirro said Allen made a reservation at the Washington Hilton, where the annual dinner is held, for April 24 through April 26.
April 21: Allen traveled by train from Los Angeles to Chicago, officials said.
April 23: Allen arrived in Chicago, Pirro said. Allen then traveled from Chicago to Washington, DC, according to Blanche.
April 24: Allen arrived in Washington, DC, at approximately 1 p.m. ET, Blanche said. Pirro added that at 3 p.m. ET, Allen checked into the Washington Hilton, where he stayed overnight.
April 25: At approximately 8:40 p.m. ET, Allen approached a security checkpoint on the terrace level of the Washington Hilton, which is a floor above the ballroom where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was taking place, Blanche said.
Allen then ran through the magnetometer “holding a long gun,” according to Blanche. He added that US Secret Service personnel assigned to the checkpoint “heard a loud gunshot” as Allen ran through the magnetometer.
A Secret Service agent “fired five times at Allen, who was not shot but fell to the ground and was promptly arrested,” Blanche said.