D.C. police identify 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen as the suspect in the WHCA dinner shooting. Police Chief Jeffrey Carroll reports the suspect was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives at the time of the incident.
D.C. Police Chief Jeffrey Carroll identified the suspect in the WHCA dinner shooting as 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen of Torrance, California, noting he was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives.
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D.C. Police Chief Jeffrey Carroll identified the suspect in the WHCA dinner shooting as 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen of Torrance, California, noting he was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives.
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