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DC Gunman Was a Lonewolf With Anti Christian Rhetoric: What it Means for Churches
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- Apr 26, 2026
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Paid subscribers make this possible. Please consider upgrading your subscription to help us protect all churches. Facebook | X | Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn | Threads | TikTok Saturday night in Washington, D.C., a 31-year-old man named Cole Tomas Allen tried to walk into the White House Correspondents’ Dinner with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives. He charged the Secret Service checkpoint, opened fire, and put a round into a federal agent’s chest plate. The agent survived because he was wearing his vest. Allen was tackled, handcuffed, and is now in custody. The President and First Lady were inside that ballroom. So were members of the Cabinet, senators, and journalists. Allen wanted them. He did not get them. He got stopped at the door. Let’s set the politics and press coverage aside. The Hilton was a hard target with professional security at the entry point. Allen was a determined lone actor and the team at the door shut him down. That is what your team is supposed to do at your church on Sunday morning. The reason this matters for every church in America is what Allen would have done if that checkpoint had not been there. The Shooter Allen is from Torrance, California. He has no criminal record. He earned a mechanical engineering degree from Caltech in 2017 and a master’s in computer science from Cal State Dominguez Hills in 2025. He worked the past six years as a tutor at C2 Education and was named Teacher of the Month in December 2024. He looked like a quiet, employed young man. No flags. He legally bought a .38 semiautomatic pistol in October 2023 and a 12-gauge shotgun in August 2025. He stored both at his parents’ house without their knowledge. His sister told federal investigators he had been making increasingly radical statements over the last sever…