<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Details are emerging of the suspected gunman who opened fire outside the entrance of a dinner hosting US President Donald </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/donald-trump" rel="" target="" title="Trump"><span>Trump</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The alleged gunman responsible for the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner has been identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, which is on the edge of Los Angeles in California</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump said the suspect was armed with "multiple weapons" before he was stopped by Secret Service agents.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-shooting-live-updates-white-house-correspondents-dinner-latest-news-headlines/4b3f1260-cc1f-4cec-b028-323fcf764920" rel="" target="" title="Donald Trump rushed from White House Media Dinner after shots fired"><strong><span>Donald Trump rushed from White House Media Dinner after shots fired</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One officer was shot, but he was protected by a bulletproof vest.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He claims the alleged gunman charged through security checkpoints.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CCTV footage posted by Trump on Truth Social shows the moment the alleged shooter rushed security inside the Hilton hotel.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-shooting-washington-gunman-what-we-know/083ee979-ca1e-4586-aabe-180308c8048f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>More than half a dozen police and Secret Service agents were manning a security station near the banquet hall.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-shooting-updates-who-was-in-attendance-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/e11f4c90-b9b2-4290-afc1-3832bce53db4"><strong><span>Who was in attendance at the White House Correspondents' Dinner?</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The alleged shooter sprints past, armed with a long arm, before security immediately began opening fire in his direction.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He was moving, he was really moving, and the reaction time was great," Trump told reporters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also posted an image without a caption, of a man being held on a carpeted floor.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They seem to think he was a lone wolf, and I feel that too," he told reporters.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/president-trump-evacuated-after-security-incident-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner/90be2190-9183-4ef2-9a95-2b8cb57ea2f6"><strong><span>Man in custody after shot fired at Trump dinner</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-shooting-washinton-what-we-know-so-far/3feabadc-c55d-48da-b87e-3bb4ce0e6fcc"><strong><span>What we know so far about Donald Trump shooting at Washington DC dinner</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span></span></div></div><div class="player__video-container"><img alt="" src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/TDDTBU0zYgJZuSsRHRKlgGrYPko=/750x0/https%3A%2F%2Fvms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com%2F2026%2F04%2F768649%2Fpickerimage.jpg"/></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He was a guy who looked pretty evil when he was down. He was biting hard."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Another photo taken at the scene shows a man covered with a foil blanket on the floor with his hands cuffed, overseen by law enforcement officers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Trump called the shooter a "whack job," and a "sick person."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Attorney General Todd Blanche said charges are expected to be filed against the suspected gunman, related to shooting and weapons possession.</span></div></div>