Everything we know about Cole Allen, the D.C. correspondents dinner shooter

the white house correspondents' dinner was derailed saturday night when a man named cole allen rushed a security checkpoint and exchanged gunfire with law enforcement. one agent was shot but not seriously injured. all trump administration officials and lawmakers were evacuated safely. president trump, attending his first correspondents' dinner as president, requested the event be rescheduled, but it was ultimately canceled because the venue became an active crime scene. acting attorney general todd blanche said allen was likely targeting administration officials. allen, of torrance, california, traveled by train from los angeles to chicago to d.c. he checked into the washington hilton on friday. blanche said allen is not cooperating with authorities. his linkedin profile shows he graduated from caltech with a mechanical engineering degree and from cal state dominguez hills with a computer science master's. he worked as a tutor at c2 education. in a letter obtained by the new york post, allen allegedly called himself the "friendly federal assassin." the suspect's brother contacted connecticut police about the letters, who then contacted the secret service between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. saturday. blanche said allen purchased the two firearms he had within the past two years and also had knives. oversight hearings on capitol hill are expected, and the secret service is scheduling a bipartisan hearing on security protocols.