White House Shooting: Lone Wolf Attack

It's April 26, I'm Cory with the story and this is California News Today, local news

powered by AI, a shooting shook up the White House correspondence dinner at the Washington

Hilton in D.C. on April 25, 2026, a 31-year-old guy from Torrance, California named Cole Allen

rushed a security checkpoint and fired five to eight shots.

One hit a secret service agent but the bullet proved best saved him and he's expected to

be fine.

Officials say Allen was packing a shotgun, handgun, and several knives.

After they grabbed him, he admitted to cops he wanted to target Trump administration folks.

Both D.C. police and President Trump called it a lone wolf attack with no other threats

so far.

Trump jumped on social media quick, posting a pic of the shirtless suspect cuffed on the

hotel floor.

Allen was a hotel guest that night and they checked him out at a hospital even though

he wasn't shot.

No word yet on his room search.

Turns out Allen graduated from Caltech back in 2017 and worked at a tutoring spot in Torrance,

even snagged teacher of the month they're in.

December 2024, not clear if he's still on payroll but no ties to local schools.

Federal prosecutors hit him with charges for assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous

weapon and using a firearm in a violent crime.

More counts coming with a rainman set for Monday.

The probe rolls on to uncover any depromotives.