FBI Director Vows ‘Quick Turnaround’ in DC Shooting Case

A White House official told The Epoch Times on Sunday that the suspect arrested in the incident was identified as Cole Allen of California.

President Donald Trump listens as FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press briefing at the White House shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, in Washington on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

FBI Director Kash Patel on April 27 said federal officials will soon release more details about the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting over the weekend.

There will be “a pretty quick turnaround, if not maybe the fastest for something of this magnitude,” Patel told Fox News on Monday morning.