Suspect in White House correspondents' dinner shooting hearing scheduled for today

Source: The Guardian

Suspect in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting hearing scheduled for today

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The suspect from the 25 April shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner has a hearing covering the conditions of his confinement scheduled for later today.

Cole Allen, who remains behind bars for now pending his trial, was injured during the attack but was not shot by officers. The attack was an attempt to kill president Trump, according to the federal prosecutor overseeing the investigation.

Allen is accused of rushing a Secret Service checkpoint at the event, attended by president Donald Trump and other members of the cabinet. Allen was allegedly armed with multiple weapons and fired at an agent.

Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said last week there was no evidence the agent was hit by friendly fire during the incident. However, she went beyond that Sunday in saying a shot from one of Allen’s weapons hit the officer’s bullet-resistant vest.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/may/04/donald-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting-cole-allen-rudy-giuliani-hegseth-rubio-iran-us-politics-latest-news-updates