What we know about Cole Tomas Allen, suspect in White House Correspondents’ dinner shooting

The California teacher and engineer accused of opening fire outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner believed it was his duty to target Trump administration officials, according to a note he sent family members about 10 minutes before the Saturday attack

The California teacher and engineer accused of opening fire outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner believed it was his duty to target Trump administration officials, according to a note he sent family members about 10 minutes before the Saturday attack.

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Cole Tomas Allen, 31, who lives in the Los Angeles suburb of Torrance, is the armed suspect federal authorities subdued near the packed ballroom at the Washington Hilton, where President Donald Trump and other White House officials gathered with journalists, a federal official familiar with the case told NBC News.

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