Details emerge of alleged shooter at White House correspondents' dinner

Politics Details emerge of alleged shooter at White House correspondents' dinner April 26, 202611:20 AM ET By  Danielle Kurtzleben ,  Ryan Lucas Agents stand guard after the shooting at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner on Saturday. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Hours after a gunman attempted to breach the White House Correspondents' Dinner, details are slowly emerging about who he is. The alleged gunman has been identified as Cole Allen, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. He is believed to have been targeting administration officials, as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told NBC's Meet the Press Sunday morning. The incident brought America's commonplace gun violence just feet away from a room full of lawmakers, top officials, and journalists. It also may add to a string of troubling political violence in the U.S. that includes two assassination attempts on President Trump. It also injects more chaos into what was already a turbulent time for the Trump administration, which is attempting to negotiate an end to the war in Iran that the U.S. started at the end of February. Sponsor Message What happened Just minutes into the dinner, attendees in the ballroom heard muffled popping noises and saw the president, first lady, and top officials hurried away from the head table, where journalists representing the White House Correspondents Association were also seated. Other attendees throughout the room, including lawmakers, Cabinet officials, and hundreds of journalists, fell to the floor as they awaited an all-clear from law enforcement. Law enforcement later revealed that the alleged gunman was apprehended right outside the ballroom, after he attempted to charge past a security checkpoint. Amid the confusion after the incident, White House Correspondents Association Presiden...