{"id":391,"date":"2026-05-01T02:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/new-cctv-video-shows-moment-alleged-gunman-storms-white-house-press-dinner\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T02:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T02:22:47","slug":"new-cctv-video-shows-moment-alleged-gunman-storms-white-house-press-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/new-cctv-video-shows-moment-alleged-gunman-storms-white-house-press-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"New CCTV video shows moment alleged gunman storms White House press dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_5f510e\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Footage from the security checkpoint shows officers taking down magnetometers when the alleged gunman emerges from a doorway and starts sprinting toward them with a firearm<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37095195\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The alleged gunman emerged from a doorway and started sprinting toward officers\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_whitehouseblur.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"The alleged gunman emerged from a doorway and started sprinting toward officers\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The alleged gunman emerged from a doorway and started sprinting toward officers<cite aria-label=\"Image: X\/US Attorney Pirro\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: X\/US Attorney Pirro)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Prosecutors have shared a video of the moment authorities say an armed man stormed the White House Correspondents&#8217; Association dinner in an attempt to kill the US president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for Washington, posted the video on social media on Thursday, April 30. The nearly six-minute video shows the alleged gunman, Cole Tomas Allen, <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"walking back and forthLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/us-news\/donald-trump-shooting-dinner-security-37073756\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">walking back and forth<\/a> down a hallway the day before <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"the attackLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/us-news\/donald-trump-shooting-guest-eating-37071312\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">the attack<\/a>, and briefly checking out the hotel gym.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37095182\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37095182\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.58\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Officers point their firearms at the alleged gunman who is not seen in this still\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_alleged-shooter-video-4.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Officers point their firearms at the alleged gunman who is not seen in this still\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Officers point their firearms at the alleged gunman who is not seen in this still<cite aria-label=\"Image: X\/US Attorney Pirro\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: X\/US Attorney Pirro)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Footage from the security checkpoint shows federal officers taking down magnetometers when the alleged gunman emerges from a doorway and <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"starts sprinting toward themLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/secret-service-officer-saved-after-37073376\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">starts sprinting toward them<\/a>. The gunman quickly reaches the officers before most of them appear to notice him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Only one officer visible in the video appears to have drawn his gun before the gunman passed; Pirro said he\u2019s the one who was shot and returned fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Prosecutors had previously claimed the agent was shot in the bullet-resistant vest during the melee, but had not confirmed it was Allen who shot the agent. Pirro said that there is no evidence that the officer was hit by friendly fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Allen, 31, from California, was injured but was not shot during the incident at the Washington Hilton, which disrupted the event packed with journalists and administration officials, including top-ranking leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Allen earlier on Thursday agreed to remain jailed while he awaits trial. He did not enter a plea during his brief appearance in federal court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Court papers state that Allen took a picture of himself in his hotel room minutes before the incident, and that he was outfitted with an ammunition bag, a shoulder gun holster and a sheathed knife.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37084222\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37084222\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0_APTOPIX-Trump-Correspondents-26116189720055.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Secret Service agents surrounded the US President\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Secret Service agents surrounded the US President<cite aria-label=\"Image: AP\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: AP)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Allen reportedly referred to himself as a \u201cFriendly Federal Assassin\u201d and alluded to grievances over a range of Trump administration actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He was charged on Monday with the attempted assassination of the president and two additional firearms counts, including discharging a weapon during a crime of violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He faces up to life in prison if convicted of the assassination count alone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/us-news\/video-gunman-storms-press-dinner-37095183\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Footage from the security checkpoint shows officers taking down magnetometers when the alleged gunman emerges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1777602167_1_whitehouseblur.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}