May 1, 2026 - It wasn’t composed by one of our better poets or novelists, nor was it expressed by a richly compensated comic on late night TV or an articulate journalist on a popular podcast. It was shared, without much fanfare, by Cole Tomas Allen, a teacher from Torrance, who minutes later grabbed his shotgun, a handgun, and a few knives, rushed toward the ballroom of Washington’s Hilton Hotel, and attempted to assassinate the president of the United States. What can we learn from Allen’s manifesto? For one thing, four years at Caltech, his alma mater, did not provide Allen with the instruction necessary to write a simple, coherent English sentence. Imagining himself in conversation with an unnamed objector to his plan, Allen responds: “Rebuttal: I need whoever thinks this way to take a couple minutes and realize that the world isn’t about them.” ·

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April 27, 2026 - It also says he got a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Caltech in 2017 and a master's degree in computer science from California State University Dominguez Hills last May.

April 26, 2026 - 🚨 What We Know So Far About White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter Cole Allen Cole Allen, a 30-something mechanical engineer, computer scientist, indie game developer, and part-time teacher based in the Los Angeles area.

April 26, 2026 - ... Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old tutor and computer scientist from Torrance, California, has been identified as the suspect accused of charging through a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, exchanging ...

April 27, 2026 - Caltech officials said an undergraduate student by the name of Cole Allen did indeed graduate from the institution.

May 3, 2026 - Cole Tomas Allen, 'a godly person' and indie video game developer, allegedly attempted to assassinate President Trump at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

April 26, 2026 - The International Consortium of Journalists JMH confirms that Colen Tomas Allen, an engineer at Caltech, was able to violate the security of the event because he was a registered guest at the Washington Hilton hotel, where the annual dinner ...

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April 26, 2026 - Allen has since been identified as a Californial teacher who recently won a “Teacher of the Month” award. The suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, Calif. ...

April 26, 2026 - April 26 (Reuters) - The suspect ... as Cole Tomas Allen, a Los Angeles-area man who appears ​from social media sites to be a Caltech graduate working as a part-time ‌teacher and game developer....

Cole Allen, the alleged shooter at the WHCD, is seen here in the image for Caltech's mechanical engineering major page.

April 27, 2026 - Cole Tomas Allen, 31, currently a resident of Torrance, California, was scheduled to make his first federal court appearance Monday, April 27 on preliminary charges of using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon, according to U.S.

April 27, 2026 - Allen graduated from Pasadena-based Caltech (California Institute of Technology) in 2017, according to his LinkedIn profile, where he is described as a game developer, engineer, scientist, and teacher.

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April 27, 2026 - (AP Photo/Ethan Swope) Expand · At Caltech on Sunday, April 26, news of the connection to the elite school circulated. Caltech officials said an undergraduate student by the name of Cole Allen did indeed graduate from the institution.