White House dinner shooting suspect seeks end of suicide precautions

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May 2, 2026 6:26 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Law enforcement personnel detain Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 25, 2026. DONALD J TRUMP via Truth Social/Handout via REUTERS/File Pho

(This May 2 story ‌has been ​repeated ​without any changes to the text)

BOSTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Attorneys for the man accused of attempting to assassinate President ‌Donald Trump at a black-tie press gala last weekend ⁠asked a judge on Saturday to remove him from suicide precautions while ‌in jail in Washington.

Cole Tomas ‌Allen allegedly stormed a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25.

When he ​was initially booked into the jail facility on April 27, Allen was assigned a "safe cell," described as a padded room ⁠with 24-hour lockdown procedures and a requirement to wear "a vest akin to a strait ​jacket," according to a filing by his lawyers in the U.S. District Court for the District of ​Columbia.

He was then downgraded to "suicide precautions," ‌which means Allen could still not make phone calls, receive visits from anyone aside from his legal ⁠team, or spend time outside his cell except for legal visits or showers, with an escort, the filing states. A nurse on Friday ⁠recommended those precautions be ended, but they remained in place as of ​a visit by one of his public defense lawyers that day, the filing states.

Allen's status "amounts to punishment" and denies him resources such as the use ‌of a jail tablet, "which would permit him to communicate with loved ones outside of the jail," ‌the filing states.

Allen is charged with attempted assassination, discharging a firearm ⁠during a crime of ‌violence and illegally transporting ​guns and ammunition across state lines. He has not yet entered a plea.

(Reporting by Ross KerberEditing by ‌Rod Nickel)


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