The suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has been identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California.Allen is in custody, despite initial reports that he was fatally shot, and was taken alive after Secret Service agents neutralized him in the lobby near the security screening area.“The attempted shooter at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is 31 year old Cole Tomas Allen from Torrance, California and he is in custody,” New York Post and Fox News reporter Karol Markowicz confirmed in a post on X.NEWS: The attempted shooter at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner is 31 year old Cole Tomas Allen from Torrance, California and he is in custody.— Karol Markowicz (@karol) April 26, 2026Reports indicate Allen assembled a long weapon in an unsecured back room before attempting to open fire near the magnetometers.Video footage circulating on social media shows law enforcement and Secret Service agents detaining a man on the ground in the Hilton lobby.WATCH: BREAKING: The suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting has been identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California.-Video has emerged showing someone on the ground with U.S. Secret Service agents inside the Washington Hilton-Believed to… https://t.co/EOkEIKYxj1 pic.twitter.com/PQoka3QLSR— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 26, 2026Allen appears to be a Caltech graduate who earned his master’s degree in computer science from California State University, Dominguez Hills last year.Allen also worked as a teacher. He was named “Teacher of the Month” in December 2024 at C2 Education in Torrance, according to an Instagram post.No manifesto or clear motive has been publicly released as of early Sunday morning, and the investigation remains ongoing.BREAKING: The first image of the alleged shooter from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has emerged, showing a body on the stairs at the Washington Hilton surrounded by law enforcement.Secret Service rushed Trump and other officials off the dais after gunfire erupted,… https://t.co/Y4xVaod1QP pic.twitter.com/YiVld5LUkV— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 26, 2026The shooting comes as the very same media figures who have spent weeks protesting Trump’s attendance at the dinner were demanding “forceful” pushback or outright boycotts.Over 250 Journalists Sign Letter Demanding ‘Forceful’ Protest Against Trump at White House Correspondents’ Dinner/*! This file is auto-generated */!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i