Suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a California resident who was staying at the Washington Hilton
A dinner with journalists and correspondents attended by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, was interrupted on Saturday night (25) after a shooting attack. The suspect, a 31-year-old man, was arrested. He was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a resident of California and was staying at the Washington Hiltonwhere the Correspondents Association event was held. Trump, in an interview after the chaos, classified him as “a sick person” and “a lone wolf”.
According to CBS News, Allen told authorities he was targeting Trump himself. A resident of Torrance, California, he worked as a tutor after graduating from the prestigious California Technology College. According to local police, he was carrying guns and knives. Allen, who was detained at the hotel yesterday, is receiving hospital treatment and is expected to be formally charged on Monday (27). He will be charged with using a firearm during a violent crime and assault by federal agents.
On Saturday, after the race, the president Trump, who said it took him a while to understand what was happening, published a photo on his official account of the detained suspect. In an interview, he said that he is ‘a sick individual’. “He is in custody and security forces will investigate his apartment. He probably lives in California,” he said.
Trump also made an appeal for peacemaking: “We need to resolve our differences peacefully,” said the president. He stated that the unity shown by everyone present was a “beautiful” moment. The Republican confirmed that a Secret Service agent was shot, but was wearing a bulletproof vest and is fine.
Non-hotel attack
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, was taken from a press dinner in Washington after shooting attack. The event is annual and takes place at the Washington Hilton Hotel, where dinner is held for the White House correspondent journalists. It was the first time that Trump participated in the meeting as US president.
In addition to Trump, the vice president, JD Vance and the first lady, Melania Trump, were also removed from the scene by Secret Service agents. Loud bangs were heard and guests at the White House Correspondents’ Association gala dinner ran for cover under tables.
According to the Young PanDonald Trump planned to speak for 40 minutes at the event attended by more than 400 journalists.
An attack on the president of the United States has already been recorded at the Washington Hilton. It was while leaving this same hotel, on March 30, 1981, that then-president Ronald Reagan was shot at.
