White House Shooting: Game Dev Teacher Arrested

0:00It's April 26th. This is Entertainment in Celebrity News. Today, powered by AI, your front row to the latest buzz. I'm Cory with the story. A shooting rock the White House correspondent's dinner, Saturday night at the Washington Hilton. The suspect in custody is Cole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old game developer and teacher from Torrance, California. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says he likely aimed at Trump administration folks, maybe even President Trump himself. Allen traveled by train from California to Chicago, then to DC, packing knives and guns. Officials found a manifesto was strong anti-Christian vibes, according to Trump, and writings gripping about the administration that he sent to family. Right before the attack, he's not cooperating with investigators at all. Secret Service agents hustled Trump and guests offstage, fast after gunshots rang out in the ballroom. One officer took a bullet, but his vest saved him, and he's expected to recover fine.

1:02Trump called the security response a huge win since the shooter barely got inside. Turns out Allen was teacher of the month at a Torrance tutoring spot last December, with a master's in computer science and past work as a teaching. Assistant at Caltech, he legally bought his guns, including the shotgun used here, back in 2023 and 2025. This raided his California home Saturday night, and charges are dropping Monday, including assault on a federal officer and using a firearm in a violent crime. The investigation keeps digging into his motives as this story unfolds.