Torrance Man Arrested for White House Shooting Attempt

0:00It's April 26. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is US News Today National News, powered by AI. A 31-year-old guy from Torrance, California, named Cole Thomas Allen allegedly opened fire outside the White House Correspondence Dinner, ballroom. He got nabbed right there at the scene, after shooting at what sources say were Trump administration officials. CBS broke the story first, confirming he was aiming for folks' tie to that crew. Following Attorney General Todd Blanche backed it up to NBC, pointing to the suspect's own writings and chats with people who knew him, Allen straight up told cops after his arrest that he wanted to take out Trump admin members. Blanche noted Trump counts as part of the administration, but wouldn't confirm if he was the main mark. Law enforcement sources gave mixed signals to the nearer post, saying Allen wasn't zeroed in on one person he just wanted to bust in and grab. Whoever, no one got hurt, but a shook up the whole event with heavy security in play. Digging into his background, Allen's no random dude, he's a sharp tutor and hobbyist

1:02video game coder. Social media profiles match photos from the arrest that President Trump even posted. He rocked the masters in computer science from California State University, Dominguez Hills last May, after grabbing a mechanical engineering bachelor's from Caltech back in 2017. Officers are still piecing together his motives from those posts and connections, like his time in a Christian fellowship and campus Nerf battles at Caltech. Stay tuned as more drops on this wild clothes call.