White House Shooter Denied Bail, Charged with Attempted Assassination

0:00It's May 1st. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Durham News Today, your AI-powered local news. Cole Allen, the 31-year-old suspect in that while shooting at the White House Correspondence Dinner, got denied bail at his detention hearing. This Thursday, federal prosecutors dropped nearly six minutes of video evidence showing him casing the Hilton Hotel the day before the attack on April 25th. The footage catches a man scouting the Jim Hallway on April 24th, then charging the secret service checkpoint the next night. He blasts a shotgun point blank at an agent, but the bullet hits the vest. No friendly fire prosecutors made that clear. The agent, total hero, fires back five times and drops Allen before he reaches the ballroom, packed with journalists, President Trump, and his team. Allen, a California guy armed with a shotgun, pistol, and knives, faces heavy charges like attempted presidential assassination, hauling guns across. His state lines for a crime, and discharging a firearm in violence.

1:02His lawyers are pushing back on the shooting proof, but feds have shell casings, buck-shot fragments, and his own attack plan writings targeting Trump, a figureshells. He even emailed his tutoring job a resignation right before, apologizing for being unprofessional. His shocked employer is fully cooperating. Investigators hunt for more leads on threats he named, with extra charges coming. Allen stays locked up, back in court, May 11th.