Chilling surveillance footage captured the moment gun-wielding shooter Cole Tomas Allen stormed past security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Allen, 31, was seen wearing all black as he sprinted inside the Washington Hilton hotel on Saturday evening with a gun in hand, video posted by President Donald Trump on Truth Social showed.
Just moments before he ran, security guards were seen standing in the hallway, but as soon as he sped by, they immediately reacted and pulled out their firearms.
The clip ended with several armed guards rushing toward Allen before he exchanged gunfire with authorities.
Allen, a teacher from Torrance, California, was
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