During the morning of this Sunday, April 26, the president of the United States, donald trumpstated that the shooting suspect occurred at the Correspondents’ Dinner White House acted moved by a “hate“deep towards the Christiansbased on a manifest and in information collected by the authorities.
In a telephone interview with the American network Fox Newsthe president republican described the attacker as a “guy very problematic“, whose motives allegedly had a radical religious background: “When you read his manifesto, hate to Christians. That’s for sure. It is a strong hatred, antichristian“said Donald Trump.
The president was evacuated by the Secret Service last Saturday, April 25, after hearing shots at the Washington Hilton hotel, outside the room where the dinner was being held, so Donald Trump assured that the shooter’s family was aware of his problems and tendencies violent: “His family knew he had difficulties,” he added.
“Maybe they should have reported it a little more firmly. It’s probably a difficult thing to do, but it’s a very bad situation,” he said. he acting attorney general, Todd Blanchewho, in statements to the network NBCconfirmed that the suspect had as main objective to Donald Trump himself and other senior officials in the country.
The suspect: Cole Tomas Allen
According to the EFE news agency, the suspect in the shooting at a Hilton hotel, located just 800 meters of the White House, is a 31-year-old young man named Cole Tomas Allenwho traveled by train from Los Angeles to Washington D.C, with a stopover in Chicagoand stayed at the event hotel two days before the attack.
However, although Trump emphasized the character “antichristian” of the suspiciousthe acting attorney general was more cautious and indicated that, although the analysis of the electronic devices points to an attack directed against the republicanthe investigation has barely completed its first 24 hours and the official reason remains under study.
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Given this situation, the suspect, who was not injured and is under hospital custody for his evaluation, he is not collaborating with the United States authorities, so he is expected to appear next Monday April 27 before a federal court in D.C.to face formal charges.
However, according to what was stated by the American television network Fox News, because the incident forced the interruption of the traditional gala dinner and the Secret Service activated the protocols of emergency to save Trump, the first lady, Melaniaand the rest of the cabinet present in the room; everyone is fine.
The moment he skipped the security check
Through social networks, President Trump’s Administration shared a video showing how the suspect in the shooting managed to outwit security control in White House. Later, security agents are seen detaining the computer programmer 31 years old, originally from Los Angeles, California.
Due to the speed with which Cole entered the Hilton chain hotel, located in downtown Washington, the recording was went viral on digital platforms and various Internet users compared the suspect with Flasha hero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comicsfamous for being a sprinter.