sound Cole Thomas AllenThe suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting is heard in a video that has resurfaced on social media.
Allen, 31, a teacher and game designer from californiaAppeared in a news segment about a decade ago showing off a prototype he developed to enhance wheelchair safety.
2017, Allen While he was a student at Caltech, he was interviewed by ABC7 during the Aging into the Future conference in Los Angeles.
In resurfaced footage, Allen discusses the creation of a prototype emergency brake designed for wheelchairs.
Explaining his invention further, he said: “Wheelchair brakes tend to lock the wheels but don’t actually lock the chair to the ground…the purpose is to prevent it from moving at all.”
Allen’s prototype appears to be made mostly of PVC pipe.
Cole Thomas Allen faces two charges
According to his LinkedIn profile, Allen He completed his undergraduate studies at Caltech in 2017 with a degree in mechanical engineering, and then received his master’s degree in computer science from California State University, Dominguez Hills in 2025.
Allen donated $25 to a political action committee affiliated with the Democratic Party in support of Kamala Harris’ 2024 presidential bid, according to federal campaign finance records.
Allen was taken into custody by the Secret Service on Saturday after he reportedly fired shots into the jail. White House Correspondents’ dinner.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said Allen faces charges of using a firearm during a violent crime and assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
Manifesto of Cole Thomas Allen
Allen strongly opposes U.S. policy trump card He referred to himself as a “friendly federal assassin” in a message to his family minutes before the attack, which authorities increasingly believe was politically motivated.
The messages, sent shortly before gunfire erupted at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, made multiple references to President Donald Trump without explicitly naming him and hinted at dissatisfaction with various government actions, including a U.S. military strike against ships accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific.
