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Reports on the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting said Cole Tomas Allen was taken into custody, and D.C. police said he was not struck by gunfire.
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This post says Cole Tomas Allen “got shot.” The available reporting on the April 25, 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting says otherwise.
The Associated Press reported that Secret Service agents "swarmed him and took him into custody," while identifying the person who was shot as a law-enforcement officer whose bullet-resistant vest stopped the round. That means the officer—not Allen—was the reported gunshot victim.
Separately, an iHeart article summarizing the police briefing quotes Metropolitan Police interim chief Jeffery Carroll saying law enforcement exchanged gunfire with the suspect, but the suspect was not struck by gunfire.
Given those two reports, the claim that Allen “got shot” is contradicted by the reporting available after the incident.
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- Suspect in White House correspondents' dinner shooting has been charged, US attorney says
A man armed with guns and knives... Secret Service agents swarmed him and took him into custody... A law enforcement officer was shot in the bullet-resistant vest but is expected to be OK.
- President Trump Evacuated From White House Correspondents' Dinner
Jeffery Carroll, interim chief of police for the Metropolitan Police Department, said at a news conference that law enforcement exchanged gunfire with the suspect, though the suspect was not struck by gunfire.