White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Suspect Indicted With Attempt to Assassinate President, Assault on Federal Officer

The suspected shooter faces several charges after being formally accused of an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.

Cole Tomas Allen inside his hotel room in Washington, on April 25, 2026, using his cellphone to take a photograph of himself in the mirror. Department of Justice via AP

A federal grand jury in Washington indicted the suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner last month on four federal charges May 5, including attempting to assassinate the president.

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, the alleged gunman, also faces a charge of assaulting an officer of the United States with a deadly weapon and two firearms charges.