Gunman's White House Dinner Attack

0:00It's May 1st. This is US News Today, driven by AI tracking America in real time. US Attorney Janine Piro dropped nearly 6 minutes of video Thursday, capturing a gunman blasting a secret service agent at a security checkpoint. During the White House correspondent's dinner on April 25th, the suspect, 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen from Torrance, California, rushed in with what looked like a shotgun and fired at close range while. Some officials were inside the Washington Hilton. The footage starts with Allen scoping out the hotel the night before, since he was staying there. Then it jumps to the chaos. He bursts through a door near the ballroom, shoots the agent who's protected by body armor, and gets hit, but fires back. Other officers swarm in, and Allen's taken down without a scratch. President Trump, First Lady Melania, Vice President JD Vance, Cabinet members, lawmakers, and media bigwigs pack the event, making the breach hit. Hard, no one else got hurt, but it exposed a close call at a high security spot with heavy

1:03weights in the room. Allen faced court Monday, on charges of attempted assassination of the president, hauling a fire arm and ammo across state lines for a felony, and firing during a violent crime, he skipped entering a plea. Officials say six shots rang out total. One from him, five from the agent after taking the hit to his vest. Post office and the FBI are digging deeper into this plot, bowing to nail Allen and uncover every angle, keeping the focus on locking down these, threats for good.