5 things to know about suspected WHCA Dinner shooting suspect Cole Allen
2. Allen reportedly sent an anti-Trump manifesto
About 10 minutes before the shooting, Allen sent a note to family members exceeding 1,000 words, The Associated Press reported.
The message began with “hello everybody!” and included apologies to family, colleagues, students and bystanders, according to a copy published by the New York Post.
The note identified “Administration officials (not including Mr. Patel)” as targets, referring to FBI Director Kash Patel, and ranked them by seniority. He wrote that law enforcement would be shot “only if necessary.”
Allen criticized Trump repeatedly, calling him a “pedophile, rapist, and traitor.” He wrote that he was “no longer willing to permit” such leadership.
He said he chose buckshot instead of slugs to reduce wall penetration and minimize casualties.
Allen referred to himself as the “Friendly Federal Assassin” and signed the document using that title.
“Oh, and if anyone is curious [about] how doing something like [this] feels … It’s awful. I want to throw up; I want to cry for all the things I wanted to do and never will," he wrote.
Investigators also found anti-Trump social media posts linked to Allen, according to CBS News.
