{"id":6877,"date":"2026-04-26T13:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6877"},"modified":"2026-04-26T13:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:48:08","slug":"gunman-planned-to-target-top-trump-officials-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=6877","title":{"rendered":"Gunman planned to target top Trump officials: attorney general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><small>This image released by US President Donald Trump via his Truth Social account shows a man that he identified as the gunman who breached security at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Association dinner  &#8211; Copyright @REALDONALDTRUMP \/ TRUTH SOCIAL\/AFP &#8211;<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Ben SHEPPARD and Daniel STUBLEN<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Investigators on Sunday said the gunman who tried to storm a gala dinner attended by US President Donald Trump planned to target top government officials, as scrutiny grew over the event\u2019s security.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who was rushed out of the hotel ballroom in Washington by Secret Service agents, posted surveillance camera footage of the gunman attempting to sprint past a security checkpoint as guards drew their weapons.<\/p>\n<p>After an exchange of gunfire, the suspect was detained at the scene and was being questioned Sunday before he is due to appear in court on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not actively cooperating. I expect that he will be formally charged tomorrow morning in federal court in Washington,\u201d acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche told CBS\u2019s \u201cFace The Nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do believe, based upon just a very preliminary start to understanding what happened, that he was targeting members of the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blanche added no further motive was known for the attack, confirming the suspect \u2014 who was armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives \u2014 was staying at the Washington Hilton hotel where the black-tie dinner was held on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that he traveled by train from Los Angeles to Chicago, and then from Chicago to Washington,\u201d Blanche said. \u201cIt appears he purchased these firearms in the past couple years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attendees dove under tables in chaotic scenes as Secret Service agents swarmed into the glitzy White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner, held annually in the US capital.<\/p>\n<p>Crowded into the ballroom were Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, several cabinet members and top lawmakers, and hundreds of guests in black tie.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018Lone wolf\u2019? \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Trump said at a hastily arranged late-night news conference at the White House that he first thought the noise was a tray being dropped, before realizing it was gunfire. He said he hoped the media gala would be rescheduled within a month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey seem to think he was a lone wolf, and I feel that too,\u201d the president said. One officer was shot at close range in his safety vest and appeared to be not seriously harmed.<\/p>\n<p>Trump added that the venue was \u201cnot a particularly secure\u201d facility, as questions swirled about the president\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n<p>An AFP photographer saw FBI tactical agents on Sunday evening entering a two-story, brown house in Torrance, California associated with the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple US news outlets identified him as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen from the southwestern Los Angeles suburb.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was the target of an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in 2024. A gunman fired several shots, killing an audience member and lightly wounding the president in the ear.<\/p>\n<p>A few months later, another man was arrested after a Secret Service agent saw the barrel of a rifle poking from the bushes on the perimeter of the West Palm Beach golf course where Trump was playing a round.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Hilton where Saturday\u2019s gala was taking place was the site where Republican President Ronald Reagan was shot by a would-be assassin in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>The White House Correspondents\u2019 Association invited Trump this year despite his repeated attacks on the media.<\/p>\n<p>Before this year and unlike all other presidents from the past 100 years, Trump had never attended while in office.<\/p>\n<p>The dinner brings together journalists and the who\u2019s who of Washington to raise funds for scholarships and awards.<\/p>\n<p>The incident late Saturday came less than 48 hours before King Charles III and Queen Camilla begin a four-day state visit to the United States.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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