A shooting near the White House Correspondents’ Dinner targeted Donald Trump and officials. Suspect Cole Allen, 31, was arrested. A Secret Service agent was injured but survived. Authorities say he acted alone; motive under investigation, linked to a manifesto.

Suspected gunman Cole Tomas Allen arrested for the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner targetting President Donald Trump and several US officials allegedly made an anti-Trump manifesto. While he is said to be acting alone, an possible Jeffrey Epstein link may have emerged. Earlier, Trump said the suspected gunman had written an anti-Christian manifesto. “The guy is a sick guy,” Trump told Fox News, adding, “When you read his manifesto, he hates Christians.” “His sister or his brother actually was complaining about it. They were even complaining to law enforcement. He was a very troubled guy.” WATCH video

-In the manifesto that he sent to family members, the 31-year-old described himself as “Friendly Federal Assassin”.
-“I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,” Allen reportedly wrote in the manifesto, released by the New York Post.
-He also described how it felt to be in the situation: “Oh and if anyone is curious is how doing something like feels: it’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will, for all the people whose trust this betrays;
-He expressed anger against the administration but did not directly name Trump. "I experience rage thinking about everything this administration has done.”
-He concluded the manifesto asking students not to be inspired by his actions. “Can’t really recommend it! Stay in school, kids."

US President Donald Trump faced a major security scare when a gunman open fired at the screening area of the gala event. Trump and others from his administration, including Vice President JD Vance and First Lady Melania Trump were escorted off the stage by US Secret Service agents. The security forces pinned down the suspect and ensured that no one was harmed

Trump, in his latest remark against the gunman said that he appears to have had “hatred in his heart for a while” and it was a “religious thing”, “strongly anti-Christian.” In his press address soon after the incident, Trumo described the attacker as “lone wolf" and among "sick people…” “The man has been captured. They've gone to his apartment. I guess he lives in California, and he's a sick person, a very sick person, and we don't want things like this to happen.” He also said that one officer was shot at close range by the shooter but was saved by a bulletproof vest.

Suspected gunman was identified as 31-year old Cole Tomas Allen who lives in California. Officials said that he is acting alone. An anti-Christian, anti-Trump manifesto has been released in which he has said that he cannot allow a “peadophile, rapist” to coat his “hands with his crimes.” He also said that he wanted to cry for all the things that the “this administration” has done. However, he did not name Trump or anyone from his administration directly