Accused WH Press Dinner Attacker a Tutor, Programmer from California ^1.3%

Newsmax - By MICHAEL BIESECKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - 4/26/2026, 10:33 AM

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Social media posts that appear to match the California man arrested Saturday in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner show he is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer. A May 2025 profile photo of Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, appears to match the appearance of the man in a photo of the... more