Washington shooter in court today: Did he intend to kill Trump as well?

U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said that preliminary findings suggest the suspect targeted members of Donald Trump’s administration, and that the president himself was also a “likely target.”

Allen is expected to be formally charged today with assaulting a federal officer and using a firearm in the commission of a violent crime, with Blanche announcing that additional federal charges are expected later.

Police confirmed to CBS News, the BBC’s U.S. partner, that the suspect was being held at a city police station in northwest Washington. He is expected to be transferred during the day to a detention center in southeast Washington, D.C.

Trump’s reaction

Less than an hour after the incident, President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social: “The attacker has been arrested.” He later shared a photo showing the suspect’s arrest.