
White House Shooter's Premeditated Path to Violence
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Newly released photos reveal Cole Tomas Allen, accused of firing shots at the White House Correspondents dinner, preparing for the attack in his hotel room. The images show him with weapons, including a knife and ammo bags, and hes facing charges that could land him life in prison. Allen allegedly traveled from California to DC, documenting his journey and expressing his intentions in emails. Hes accused of charging a security checkpoint with multiple weapons, leading to a chaotic scene at the Washington Hilton. Prosecutors are seeking to keep him detained pretrial, labeling the attack as premeditated and dangerous.
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Global News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — White House Shooter's Premeditated Path to Violence. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
It's April 29th, global news today starts now. AI-powered and worldwide, I'm Cory with the story. Prosecutors just dropped new photos of Cole to Moss Allen, the 31-year-old accused of firing shots at the White House correspondence dinner on, April 25th. The images, from his hotel room right before the attack, show him suited up with weapons strapped on, including a sheathed knife and ammo bags. He's spacing charges like attempted assassination of President Donald Trump and could get life in prison if convicted. These pics were snapped around 8,030 pm, eastern time on his phone, with him in dress clothes, a shoulder holster, pliers, and wire cutters all later. Found on him, after that, he checked websites for a live dinner coverage and Trump's presence then headed downstairs, ditching a coat that hit his pump action, shotgun. The chaos hit hard that night, at the Washington Hilton Trump, vice president JD Vance, cabinet
folks and officials got rushed out of the ballroom as, shots rang out. A secret service agent took a bullet, but wasn't seriously hurt. Allen allegedly charged a security checkpoint with a raised shotgun and semi-automatic handgun, plus three knives, sprinting past detectors. Fresh details reveal he traveled from Torrance, California, starting April 21 by trained to Chicago to DC, jotting phone notes on his cross-country, views like desert wind turbines. He even emailed family right before, calling administration officials top targets, and saying he'd take out anyone in the way. Prosecutors are pushing to keep him locked up pre-trial, labeling it all pre-meditated and deadly. No release conditions could keep the public safe. The case bills as they lay up is calculated path to violence.
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