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Footage captures K-9 appearing to sniff suspect before WHCD shooting
Updated May 1, 2026, 4:20 p.m. ETVideo released on Thursday, April 30, appears to show a police dog sniffing White House Correspondents' dinner accused shooter, Cole Tomas Allen, moments before shots were fired on Saturday, April 25.The 33-second video shared by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, captures Allen, dressed in a long coat, walking down a hallway in the Washington Hilton Hotel in D.C., where the dinner was held. As he approaches a security checkpoint with side-by-side magnetometers that look similar to walk-through metal detectors, he turns into an open doorway off the hallway.A vested and leashed K-9 unit crosses the hallway to follow Allen, its handler trailing behind. The dog follows Allen into the room. Both remain off-camera for about three seconds, at which point the K-9 officer seems to direct the dog away from Allen, pulling its leash.The K-9 officer's role at the event is unclear. Police dogs can assist in a variety of tasks, including detecting illegal substances, electronics, or explosives. Some are trained to track down missing persons or help officers detain suspects. Anthony Guglielmi, spokesman for the Secret Service, did not immediately respond to questions from USA TODAY about the
WATCH: Police Dog Appeared To Flag Wannabe Trump Assassin Seconds Before Attack
A police K9 followed would-be Trump assassin Cole Allen into a side room just seconds before he charged through a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last weekend, newly released Justice Department footage shows.The video, posted Thursday by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, captures the Secret Service dog trailing Allen into the room, where investigators say the gunman removed a large black jacket concealing his shotgun. The K9 briefly entered the doorway before the handler paused, looked inside for roughly 10 seconds, and appeared to speak to someone in the room. It remains unclear whether the handler was a Secret Service agent or with another law enforcement agency.Immediately after the officer and K9 walked away, Allen charged through the security checkpoint armed with his fully loaded Mossberg 12-gauge pump-action shotgun. The Daily Wire reached out to the Secret Service seeking clarification on the interaction captured in the footage.Allen sprinted down the hallway at approximately 8:36 p.m. ET, just as agents began dismantling one of the metal detectors at the checkpoint. Minutes before he made his way downstairs from his hotel room, Allen had been monitoring news updates on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and President Donald Trump’s travel to
Security video shows police dog alerting to gunman in stairwell seconds before attack at WHCA dinner
New security video from the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner appears to show a police dog straining on its leash as it approached alleged gunman Cole Allen in a stairwell just seconds before he bolted past the Secret Service with a rifle. The footage shows a person appearing to be Mr. Allen casually walk into the stairwell, where he was immediately spotted by a passing K9 officer. The unidentified cop stopped and is seen briefly talking to someone inside the stairwell, presumably Mr. Allen, who just entered the passageway. The officer’s dog also showed interest. It followed the person presumed to be Mr. Allen into the stairwell and strained at the leash to go further inside. The police officer, however, twice snaps the leash to pull the dog away. The officer turns his back and walks down the hall. About one second later, Mr. Allen is seen running out of the stairwell wielding a long gun. He rushes through a magnetometer, past a group of startled Secret Service agents and other law enforcement. He was headed toward the ballroom where, authorities said, he planned to assassinate President Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and many members of the Cabinet who were
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