Late last night following the shooting at the White House Correspondents dinner, the FBI was spotted raiding the home of the suspected shooter.
Cole Allen, a 31-year-old teacher with a background in mechanical engineering, lived in Torrance, CA — right outside of Los Angeles.
Agents arrived at his home just after midnight.
Watch footage from the scene here:
🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL: The FBI and police have STORMED the house of WHCA shooter Cole Allen, 31, in California
He needs life in prison!
🎥 @mikejbabcock pic.twitter.com/1CAxLWSicz
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 26, 2026
🚨 NOW: FBI has arrived at alleged WHCA dinner shooter Cole Allen’s home in Torrance, California
They’ll be ripping that place apart.
Leave no stone unturned. pic.twitter.com/yvMIZcymHj
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 26, 2026
Cole Allen is expected to be charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault of a federal officer.
He will make his first court appearance on Monday.
The New York Post reported further:
The FBI raided the home of suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen late Saturday after swarming the property in the quiet Los Angeles suburbs.
Allen, a 31-year-old CalTech mechanical engineering grad, was subdued after he rushed a security checkpoint and opened fire with a shotgun inside the Washington Hilton during the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday evening, according to law enforcement sources.
An FBI convoy, including armored trucks and agents clad in camouflage tactical gear, descended onto Allen’s home in Torrance, Calif. late Saturday night — hours after The Post arrived on the scene.
ABC 7 observed that occupants briefly interacted with federal agents on the home’s porch. One truck pointed a spotlight towards the home and eventually seemed to focus on the second-floor window, which overlooks the driveway.
Agents made first entry into the home just before midnight, the outlet reported.
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As for his motive, Cole Allen was fueled by anti-Trump, violent left-wing rhetoric (no surprise there.)
In a manifesto sent to family members before carrying out the shooting, Allen made it clear that he was targeting Trump administration officials during the dinner.
We covered all the details of his manifesto here:
White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter Manifesto Released, Here’s What It Says
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