Overview
- A gunman opened fire outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner, exchanged shots with police near a security checkpoint, and was taken into custody.
- The suspect has been identified in reporting as Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, and he has not been charged at this time.
- Officials and media reports say he carried a shotgun, a handgun, and several knives, and a Secret Service officer was hit in a bulletproof vest with no deaths reported.
- Reporters linked Allen to Bohrdom on Steam, a non-violent, chemistry-themed fighting game he released in 2018 as a solo indie project.
- Bohrdom’s page has seen a rush of new reviews and attention since the arrest, as the FBI and Secret Service continue to probe motive and Allen’s online footprint.