New footage shows only one source of gunfire at correspondents’ dinner—and it’s not the suspect
Newly reviewed surveillance footage from the White House correspondents’ dinner shows a Secret Service agent firing multiple shots at a fleeing suspect into a crowded hallway. The video offers no clear visual evidence that the alleged gunman ever fired his weapon.
The video, a much higher resolution version of the security camera footage President Donald Trump posted to social media that night, does not capture every gunshot that authorities say was fired. But it provides the clearest picture yet of the four seconds between when Allen burst out of a doorway in full sprint and when he exited the frame, falling to the ground at the top of a staircase leading to the ballroom at the Washington Hilton where Trump sat near Vice President JD Vance and multiple members of his Cabinet.
The footage shows the officer drew his weapon within two seconds of Allen’s arrival. The officer is seen firing four times at Allen — and three of those shots appeared to be in the general direction of other security personnel as Allen ran past them.
There is no indication in the footage reviewed by The Post that Allen fired his weapon, though authorities have charged him with discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. The footage shows no obvious flash from the muzzle of the shotgun before the suspect runs out of the frame.
The clearest video yet shows who definitely pulled the trigger and raises new questions about everything else.