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Justice Department releases footage of Trump shooting suspect

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White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen sprints past security personnel in a screengrab form security camera video, at Washington Hilton Hotel, Washington D.C., U.S., on April 25, 2026. Photo: X/U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro/Handout via REUTERS

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday (April 30, 2026) released video footage of the man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump last weekend as he charged through a hotel security checkpoint and shot a Secret Service officer.

Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said on X that the security footage also showed suspect Cole Allen “casing the area” in the Washington Hilton during the day before Saturday’s (April 25, 2026) attack at an annual media gala in the capital.

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