Shooting Suspect's Manifesto Reveals Motive

0:00It's April 26th. Welcome in. This is California News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Investigators uncovered a manifesto from the suspect in the Washington Hilton shooting during the White House correspondent's dinner. He explicitly targeted top administration officials, ranking them from highest to lowest priority, and said he'd go after law enforcement only if needed. Social media posts from the guy showed strong anti-trop abuse mixed with anti-Christian rants, according to officials. In the manifesto excerpts, he mentioned hotel staff and guests weren't his main focus, but he'd take them out if they got in the way to reach his real, targets. Family members told investigators he'd been making extreme statements for a while, always talking about doing something big to fix the world's problems. They described him as obsessed with that idea leading up to the attack. He was a regular at the shooting range, honing his skills with legally-owned firearms. Two guns total, and one was used in the incident.

1:02Turns out he linked up with a group called The Wide Awakes and showed up at a No Kings protest out in California. As authorities dig deeper into his online trail and connections, this paints a clearer picture of motive, but the full story is still unfolding with. More questions than answers.