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“It’s surreal:” Community reacts to search on White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter’s home

Byline photo of Erica Lee
By Erica Lee • May 19, 2026

 

Hours after Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was arrested for allegedly firing a shot inside the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, FBI and police searched his family home in Torrance, California, Saturday, April 25.

 

The Union spoke to local residents the morning after the search Sunday, April 26.

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