DOJ Adds Assault Charge in Case Against DC Gala Shooting Suspect

The suspected shooter was indicted on four counts after being formally accused of an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump.

Cole Tomas Allen inside his hotel room in Washington, on April 25, 2026, using his cellphone to take a photograph of himself in the mirror. Department of Justice via AP

A federal grand jury in Washington indicted the suspected shooter at last month’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on four federal charges May 5, including attempting to assassinate the president.

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, the alleged gunman, also faces a charge of assaulting an officer of the United States with a deadly weapon and two firearms charges.