A 2017 local TV news segment featuring a man identified as the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect has resurfaced online in the wake of the incident.
The clip, from ABC7 Los Angeles (KABC), shows a young Cole Allen — described as a Caltech student at the time — demonstrating a prototype wheelchair emergency brake at a tech conference focused on helping seniors.
Cole Allen seen in a 2017 interview with local television news. KABC
Suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen speaks to local news about his wheelchair brake invention. KABC“The wheelchair brakes tend to lock the wheels, but don’t lock the chair to the ground. But with this device, that will prevent the chair from skidding at all,” Allen said in the segment.
The report aired as part of coverage of the “Aging into the Future” conference in Los Angeles, where startups pitched innovations aimed at improving quality of life for older adults.
Cole Allen is seen talking about creating brakes for wheelchairs. KABCHere’s the latest on the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner:
- Intelligence report points to chilling potential motive for alleged WHCD shooter
- WHCD gunman Cole Allen faces life in prison for alleged attempt to assassinate President Trump: docs
- Star actor accuses Jimmy Kimmel of fueling ‘hatred’ toward Trump after White House dinner shooting
- Judge apologizes to WHCD shooting suspect Cole Allen over jail conditions
Donald Pearsall / NY Post DesignThe video has begun circulating widely on social media following the shooting.
