{"id":610598,"date":"2026-04-28T04:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/610598\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T04:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:42:09","slug":"april-27-2026-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-suspect-charged-with-attempting-to-assassinate-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/610598\/","title":{"rendered":"April 27, 2026: White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner shooting suspect charged with attempting to assassinate the president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1777351329_769_f_webp.webp\" alt=\"Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, lies on the floor after being detained by law enforcement personnel, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 25, 2026, in this screengrab from a video.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1209\" width=\"2160\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmohlr7oc001b3b6rx2elmiys@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            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\u2019s movements leading up to the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner shooting.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmohlr7oc001c3b6rqep9nj4c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Here\u2019s a timeline of his movements, according to officials:\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmohlr7oc001d3b6rjf83w6dv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            April 6: Pirro said Allen made a reservation at the Washington Hilton, where the annual dinner is held, for April 24 through April 26.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmohm9prx001k3b6r57lyjzl3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            April 21: Allen traveled by train from Los Angeles to Chicago, officials said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmohlr7oc001e3b6rioymmlde@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            April 23: Allen arrived in Chicago, Pirro said. Allen then traveled from Chicago to Washington, DC, according to Blanche.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmohlr7oc001f3b6rpmwqaa3c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            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.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmohlr7oc001g3b6rcrq873l3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            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\u2019 Dinner was taking place, Blanche said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmohlr7oc001h3b6rm9h9fa4o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Allen then ran through the magnetometer \u201cholding a long gun,\u201d according to Blanche. He added that US Secret Service personnel assigned to the checkpoint \u201cheard a loud gunshot\u201d as Allen ran through the magnetometer.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmohlr7oc001i3b6rb973q7a4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A Secret Service agent \u201cfired five times at Allen, who was not shot but fell to the ground and was promptly arrested,\u201d Blanche said.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Monday laid&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":610599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-610598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/610598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=610598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=610598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}