[BBC] A gunman burst out of a hotel doorway and charged through a security checkpoint in just four seconds as President Donald Trump was attending a press gala, according to new footage released by prosecutors.
The CCTV video appears to show a security agent opening fire in the direction of the sprinting gunman, who is carrying a long-barrelled weapon, though it is unclear if he discharges it.
The clip does not show the bit where investigators say the alleged attacker fell over and was arrested at the Washington Hilton on Saturday.
Cole Tomas Allen,
| …also in our archives as Cole Allen, a plain vanilla Progressive Democrat: bright, expensively educated, underperforming, and living at home with his parents because he failed to fully launch. Possibly autistic — that part remains speculation — he bought everything the Progressive world is selling about President Trump, and decided that he personally needed to fix the problem. He failed at that, too. We’re waiting to see whether he had an Antifa/Black Bloc connection, though some are claiming he attended No Kings protests… |
31, is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. He has not yet entered a plea.
The US justice department says the video also shows Allen "casing the area" at the hotel on the day before the dinner, when he allegedly checked in as a guest.
He is seen walking down a Washington Hilton corridor on the eve of the gala and popping into the hotel's gym, according to prosecutors.
The defendant is accused of carrying a semi-automatic handgun, a pump-action shotgun and three knives as he ran through a terrace level, one floor above the basement ballroom where the high-profile press gala was unfolding.
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