{"id":15364,"date":"2026-04-27T22:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=15364"},"modified":"2026-04-27T22:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T22:09:54","slug":"man-accused-of-firing-on-white-house-correspondents-dinner-ided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=15364","title":{"rendered":"Man Accused of Firing on White House Correspondents Dinner IDed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He was seen as a rising star\u2014a Caltech engineer, game developer, and award-winning tutor. Now, 31-year-old Cole Allen is accused of opening fire outside one of Washington\u2019s most high-profile events.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"486\">Known for creating physics-based games like\u00a0<em data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"336\">First Law<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em data-start=\"341\" data-end=\"350\">Bohrdom<\/em>, his work focused on motion, impact, and survival. Today, investigators are reviewing those same projects and his background for clues.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"698\">Authorities say he allegedly approached a Secret Service checkpoint armed with multiple weapons before being stopped. The case raises a troubling question: how did a life built on promise take such a dark turn?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"700\" data-end=\"764\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/svg\/1f449.svg\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc49\" \/>\u00a0A developing story that\u2019s leaving many searching for answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>He was seen as a rising star\u2014a Caltech engineer, game developer, and award-winning tutor. Now, 31-year-old Cole Allen is accused of opening fire outside one <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=15364\" title=\"Man Accused of Firing on White House Correspondents Dinner IDed\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15366,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15364\/revisions\/15366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}