White House Correspondents' Dinner suspect checked into Hilton hotel one day before the shooting: sources

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Fox News' Peter Doocy reports after President Donald Trump and top administration officials were rushed to safety after an armed man attempted to breach security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Suspected gunman Cole Allen checked into the Hilton Hotel hosting the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday, just one day before the event, sources told Fox News. Allen, 31, a computer scientist from Torrance, California, is accused of opening fire at the event where President Donald Trump was in attendance. Initial reports say Secret Service agents fired 3-4 shots, and Allen fired at least one. The FBI is conducting a ballistics investigation at its lab in Quantico, and authorities are also working with credit card companies to go through purchases going back in time. Authorities said Allen was initially talking with police, but he began ref