WATCH: New Footage Shows Secret Service Apprehending WHCA Dinner Sh**ter ALIVE

This evening, a gunman opened fire at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

President Trump and other members of his administration were safely evacuated, and nobody was injured.

If you missed our original report on that, read it here:

BREAKING: Sh*ts Fired At White House Correspondents Dinner — President Trump Evacuated

Now, we have a big update on the suspect.

Early reports indicated that the shooter was killed on the scene.

However, this no longer seems to be the case.

New footage shows the Secret Service apprehending the suspect, who is very much alive in the video.

Watch it here:

🚨 UPDATE: Footage shows US Secret Service with the APPREHENDED SHOOTER, down on the ground but ALIVE

Rot, monster.

He deserves capital punishment. At a minimum under our laws, HE NEEDS LIFE pic.twitter.com/R2rxbT8fRT

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 26, 2026

Here's a close-up image of the suspect:

🚨🇺🇸BREAKING: The first image of the alleged shooter from the White House Correspondents' Dinner has emerged, showing a body on the stairs at the Washington Hilton surrounded by law enforcement.

Secret Service rushed Trump and other officials off the dais after gunfire erupted,… https://t.co/Y4xVaod1QP pic.twitter.com/YiVld5LUkV

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 26, 2026

🇺🇸BREAKING: The first image of the alleged shooter from the White House Correspondents' Dinner has emerged, showing a body on the stairs at the Washington Hilton surrounded by law enforcement.

Secret Service rushed Trump and other officials off the dais after gunfire erupted, and the shooter was neutralized on scene with no injuries to the president or VIPs.

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AP confirmed that the FBI has the suspect in custody:

The FBI said the shooter is in custody and that its Washington field office is responding to the shooting.

As for the shooter's identity, CNN reports that he is a 30-year-old male from California:

Authorities have identified the suspected gunman as a 30-year-old male from California, according to multiple law enforcement officials briefed on the latest.

Fox News and New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz has identified him as Cole Allen -- a teacher in Torrance, CA.

Take a look:

NEWS: The attempted shooter at the White House Correspondent's Dinner is 31 year old Cole Tomas Allen from Torrance, California and he is in custody.

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) April 26, 2026

Here are some alleged photos of Cole Allen:

🚨 BREAKING: The WHCA Dinner shooter has reportedly been identified as 31 year old Cole Allen of Torrance, CA, LE sources tell @karol

Allen is in CUSTODY.

And he was apparently a “teacher of the month” in December 2024.

We have a HUGE issue with radicalized teachers. pic.twitter.com/htibt0A6Ig

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 26, 2026

BREAKING Suspected shooter in the WHCA shooting reportedly identified as 31-year-old Cole Allen of Torrance, California, a Mechanical Engineering. pic.twitter.com/6tMXIgIAaK

— Resist Wire (@ResistWire) April 26, 2026

Give him the maximum sentence!

Political violence like this has to stop.

As always, we'll continue to bring you further developments as they come in.