Alleged gunman at correspondents’ dinner led Christian group in college
Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old former Caltech Christian Fellowship leader, was charged with attempted assassination after trying to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner where President Donald Trump was speaking. Allen's alleged email screed referenced Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount, but twisted Christian teachings to justify violence.
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was charged with attempted assassination after trying to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner where President Donald Trump was speaking. Allen, a former Caltech Christian Fellowship leader, allegedly sent a note to family members referencing Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount. The note rejected the idea of 'turning the other cheek' when others are oppressed, claiming it is 'complicity in the oppressor's crimes.' Allen was armed with a shotgun, handgun, and knives, and exchanged fire with Secret Service agents, injuring one agent. Former classmates remember Allen as genuinely devout, but religious scholars say his writings misinterpret Christian teachings to justify violence. Allen's father was named as an elder at Grace United Reformed Church in Torrance, California.
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