JAKARTA - The White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington DC was shocked by a shooting carried out by Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from Torrance, California.

From the investigation, Allen is known to work at the C2 Education tutoring agency in Torrance and has received the "Teacher of the Month" award in December 2024. However, it is not yet certain whether he is still working at the company.

As reported by Reuters, the Torrance Unified School District stated that Allen had never been an employee at the institution.

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) also confirmed that Allen graduated in 2017.

Federal prosecutor for the Washington region Jeanine Pirro said the perpetrator would face two charges, namely the use of firearms in violent acts and assault on federal officials using dangerous weapons.

He is scheduled to be formally charged in federal court today Monday, April 27.

Previously, the acting chief of the Washington DC police, Jeffery Carroll, said that the police had been involved in a shootout with the perpetrator, although the exact number of shots had not been revealed.


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