Suspect Cole Tomas Allen made his first court appearance after being arrested for a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Cole Allen has been charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump in his first court appearance. The 31-year-old teacher from California stormed a security checkpoint at the White House correspondents’ dinner at the Hilton hotel in Washington on Saturday.

The Secret Service is facing scrutiny over security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where President Donald Trump was evacuated Saturday.

Washington ― The man accused of shooting a U.S. Secret Service agent as he tried to breach security at a Washington dinner attended by President Donald Trump is facing federal charges of attempting to assassinate the president, a judge said in court on Monday.

Loud booms interrupted Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner as an armed man fired shots outside the ballroom at the annual gala with hundreds of journalists, celebrities and politicians in attendance – including President Donald Trump,

Authorities say Cole Allen, accused in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, had a background in engineering, teaching, and game development, with LinkedIn details shedding light on his life before the incident.

Social media posts that appear to match the California man arrested in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner show he is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer.

This is the shotgun that White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen allegedly sneaked into the Washington Hilton in an attempt to kill President Trump and top members of his administration on Saturday night.