Dramatic video shows gunman trying to rush past security at White House Correspondents’ Dinnerhttps://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/gunman-tries-to-rush-past-security-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner/WASHINGTON — Chilling security footage released by President Trump shows the wild moment that a gunman attempted to rush past security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
The sicko, whom sources have identified as Cole Allen of Torrance, Calif., was shown in the blurry footage sprinting past multiple security officers, as agents drew their guns and pursued him.
The entrance to the Washington Hilton, which hosts the feted dinner, was subject to a loose check, where officials ensured attendees had tickets for the marquee dinner or a party beforehand.
Apparently this insecure entry check has been the norm for previous WHCDs. IOW, predictable and relatively well known. Also apparently, a Code Pinkster trying to crash the event got stopped by this entry check.
To enter the hotel’s ballroom, where the main course takes place, attendees must go through magnetometer screenings and security checks.
If I understand correctly, this was the only meaningful security screening. IOW, get past or bypass the ticket check and this was all that was between entrants and the ballroom.
The suspect, who is believed to have been a guest at the hotel, according to Interim DC police chief Jeffrey Carroll, was shown trying to blow past that beefed-up security perimeter.
Ultimately, agents on the scene were able to pin the suspect down after multiple shots rang out. The 31-year-old was found with two firearms and multiple knives.
I wonder if being a guest enabled the guy to bypass the ticket check. Yet again, some of the tightest anti-gun laws in the country failed to block a would-be killer.
Records indicate that Allen was a teacher and video game developer, having earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.
Allen also had a Masters degree from a CSU, which enabled him to become a school teacher. The idea that a man that hare-driven was a school teacher appalls me. He was a teacher in Torrance, a northern Orange County city just south of LA. IIRC, the city that borders Torrance on the east is Compton.
