DOJ charges suspect in White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

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  What more do we know about the man who charged the security perimeter

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  at the White House correspondence dinner on Saturday night and opened fire?

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  The Secret Service tackled him, but during the chaotic few minutes that followed,

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  President Trump, the First Lady, and several cabinet members were rushed out of the building.

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  The Justice Department has identified the gunman as 31-year-old Cole Allen from California.

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  And Ryan, Allen was in court today.

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