Investigators develop working theory on why Kash Patel was spared from WHCD shooter’s list
WASHINGTON, DC: The initial investigation into the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting on Saturday, April 25, revealed that the suspected gunman wanted to kill any member of the Trump administration he could find, but not FBI Director Kash Patel.
The sounds of gunshots rocked the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening around 8.30 pm, when a man intending to reportedly assassinate President Donald Trump, opened fire near the security screening area.
Probe team reveals why gunman wanted to spare Kash Patel
While the federal investigation team is working to find out why Patel was specifically spared from the gunman’s screed, they have developed a working theory behind the move.
Sources tell the New York Post that Patel’s exemption from the shooter’s target list would have stemmed from the suspect’s desire not to target law enforcement. The gunman would have preferred focusing on Trump, whom he ranted against in the manifesto.
“Anything would really just be speculation, but he took the time to go through why he wasn’t targeting all of the law-enforcement agencies, so I think it’s probably related to that,” a law enforcement source told The Post.
Alternatively, “[Allen] was pretty anti-Christian and Kash is Hindu,” the source said.
While the probe team is still investigating the true motive behind the move, another source said that Allen “specifically said he didn’t want to target law enforcement. That’s why.”
Cole Allen leaves behind a manifesto
The 31-year-old teacher, Cole Allen, who is behind bars now, left behind a horrifying manifesto detailing his “rules of engagement” for the planned Saturday shooting.
Administration officials (not including Mr Patel): they are the targets, prioritized from highest-ranking to lowest,” Allen wrote in the 1,052-word screed.
“Secret Service: they are targets only if necessary, and to be incapacitated non-lethally if possible.
“Hotel Security: not targets if at all possible (aka unless they shoot at me),” the shooter continued, adding that Washington Metro police officers and National Guard troops were to be treated in the same way.
Hotel staffers and guests were “not targets at all,” he wrote.
WHCD Shooter is not cooperating in probe
The Acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche, on Sunday, April 26, said that the suspect gunman is not cooperating with the probe following his arrest.
Shortly after Cole Allen appeared for his initial hearing before the federal court on Monday, April 27, Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, held a press briefing and announced that the additional charges would be imposed on the WHCD suspected shooter.
After his arrest following the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, the suspect gunman, 31-year-old teacher Cole Allen, invoked his right to remain silent, revealed the court documents.
