Investigation of correspondents' dinner attack
A CBS News visual investigation reveals new details in an alleged assassination attempt on President Trump at this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner.
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A CBS News visual investigation reveals new details in an alleged assassination attempt on President Trump at this year's White House Correspondents' Dinner.
New video shows the alleged White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter breaching event security after roaming the hotel hallways prior to the dinner.
Newly released video shows the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect and his movements ahead of the attack. Other video also shows a clearer image of the confrontation between law enforcement and the suspect. CBS News' Anna Schecter has more details.
According to investigators, a gunman was inside the D.C. Hilton last Friday, waiting for his chance to assassinate President Trump and members of his Cabinet. New video offers the clearest view yet of what happened just before the attack. Nicole Sganga reports.
Seven seconds passed between when the alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner first encountered federal law enforcement and when he was subdued, sources told CBS News.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro released a new video on Thursday of the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner attack. CBS News' Anna Schecter has the latest.
Cole Allen, 31, is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump and two firearms-related offenses stemming from the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night.
Cole Allen, 31, is facing three charges related to the attack outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner, including attempting to assassinate President Trump.
A memorandum filed in federal court on Wednesday includes details about Cole Allen's movements before his encounter with U.S. Secret Service officers at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday. CBS News' Anna Schecter reports.
The Justice Department released a photo allegedly showing the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, roughly 30 minutes before he rushed past security at the event. CBS News' Sam Vinograd has more.
Cole Allen, the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, took a mirror selfie, allegedly gearing up for battle, officials said. Matt Gutman reports.
Cole Allen, the 31-year-old California man who is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump, is set to appear in court again on Thursday. CBS News' Katrina Kaufman and Bruce Hoffman, the Shelby Cullom and Kathryn W. Davis senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations, join with more.
When shots rang out at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, there were echoes of the hotel's storied presidential history.
A witness at the White House Correspondents' Dinner describes hearing gunfire before looking and seeing the alleged gunman had fallen to the ground before security surrounded him. The witness, Air Force veteran Erin Thielman, then sprang into action.
The suspect was identified to CBS News by law enforcement sources as 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California.
On March 30, 1981, a gunman shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton hotel in the nation's capital. Watch a CBS News special report from that day.
President Trump was safely evacuated from the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night following a shooting outside the ballroom of the Washington Hilton Hotel.
Multiple sources confirmed to CBS News that the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting was targeting Trump administration officials and his brother alerted authorities to alleged alarming writings that he shared with authorities. Nicole Sganga reports.
President Trump took questions Saturday night after a shooting broke out at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. A 31-year-old suspect is in custody. CBS News' Carissa Lawson and Tony Dokoupil anchored this special report.
The White House Correspondents' Dinner, with President Trump in attendance, ended in a shooting on Saturday. Officials identified the suspect as 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California. CBS News' Nancy Cordes and Sam Vinograd have more.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced charges for the suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting on Saturday.
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