The suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter mocked the lack of security at the event and on his journey to Washington DC in his chilling manifesto.
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a teacher from Torrance, California, was seen attempting to bolt past a security checkpoint while armed with a shotgun, a handgun and several knives on Saturday night.
He exchanged fire with Secret Service agents before they tackled him to the ground and arrested him. One agent was struck in his bulletproof vest and is expected to recover. No one else was harmed.
Allen’s manifesto, which was obtained and published in full by the
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