The White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter assembled his arsenal from two California stores in the months and years before the attack. Cole Allen purchased a Maverick 12-gauge pump-action shotgun from Turner’s Outdoorsman in Torrance last August and a Armscor semi-automatic pistol from CAP Tactical Firearms in Lawndale in October 2023.

Profiles and posts have emerged that appear to be connected to Allen, who is charged with attempting to assassinate the president.

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WASHINGTON — The gunman who opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night has been identified as Cole Allen of Torrance, Calif. — with President Trump calling him a likely “lone wolf whack job” who “looked pretty evil.

Images of the would-be Trump assassin have circulated purporting to show Allen with well-known celebrities.

Cole Allen is suspected of firing shots inside the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Dinner, striking one Secret Service agent before they neutralized him.

Federal prosecutors' detention memo shows guns and knives Allen was allegedly carrying as he tried to enter the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.

Cole Allen was arraigned after an armed breach and shooting disrupted the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday evening.

The 31-year-old teacher held in the shooting at the White House correspondents dinner Saturday is expected to be arraigned Monday.

The Hilton, located a short distance away from the White House, is where President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. The president was rushed out of the event along with other high-ranking members of the administration, including Vice President JD Vance and Marco Rubio. He returned to the White House, where he spoke to the press.

The Department of Justice is urging a federal judge to keep Cole Tomas Allen, the man accused of opening fire at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, behind bars as he awaits trial.

Investigators have determined that the Secret Service officer wounded during the assassination attempt on President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner was shot by suspect Cole Tomas Allen himself,