- The Washington shooting attacker sent an anti-Christian manifesto to his family.
- The manifesto called for attacks against officials of President Trump’s administration.
- The shooter’s family contacted the police shortly before the attack.
- The attacker is 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen from California.
US President Donald In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Trump said that the attacker who opened fire at a dinner for journalists at a Washington hotel on Sunday night had written an anti-Christian manifesto. In the document, he also called for attacks on representatives of the Trump administration. He sent the manifesto to his family, who alerted the police a few minutes before the shooting. TASR informs about it according to AP and AFP agencies.
“The guy is sick. If you read his manifesto, you’ll see that he hates Christians.” Trump said. “His sister or brother complained about it. You know, they even complained to the police. He was a very troubled person.” the US president explained.
The gunman who slipped through security at the dinner venue wrote a manifesto in which “clearly stated that he wanted to attack government officials” and sent this document to his family members, who then turned it over to the police minutes before the incident in Washington, the White House told CNN.
According to American media, he is the suspect in the shooting 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen of California, who was armed with a shotgun, a pistol and knives. From his posts on social networks, it appears that it is about an educated person and an amateur video game developer. Before he was pacified, he managed to shoot one member of the Secret Service, who was wearing a bulletproof vest. His life is out of danger.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche reported that the shooter was targeting members of President Trump’s administration. He is not cooperating with the investigators after his arrest, and on Monday they will probably bring several charges against him.
