Social media posts suggest that Cole Tomas Allen, a highly educated tutor and video game developer from California, matches the appearance of a man arrested at the White House dinner. This identification stems from a photo posted by President Trump after the incident.

Social media posts that appear to match the California man arrested on Saturday in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner show he is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer. A May 2025 profile photo of Cole Tomas Allen of Torrence, California, appears to match the appearance of the man in a photo of the alleged attacker being taken into custody that was posted on Saturday night by US President Donald Trump. The photo, posted to the professional networking site...