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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

DHS points to possible motive in Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

  • Cole Thomas Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, allegedly plotted the attack due to "multiple social and political grievances."
  • A preliminary intelligence note from the Department of Homeland Security indicates Allen criticized the U.S.'s role in the Iran conflict, potentially influencing his decision to attack.
  • Federal officials also cited an alleged anti-Trump document Allen sent to his family before the attack, which referred to administration officials as "targets" and was signed by him as a "federal assassin."
  • Allen was recently charged with shooting a federal officer during the incident; the agent, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, sustained no serious injuries.
  • Allen, a teacher from Torrance, California, has not yet entered a plea, and his attorneys allege he was unnecessarily placed under highly restrictive suicide watch conditions.

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