India, April 27 -- White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen has been linked to a political group called The Wide Awakes, according to the New York Post. He is believed to have attended a 'No Kings' protest in California in the past.

The 31-year-old, of Torrance, California, faces charges of two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence and one count of assault on an officer using a dangerous weapon after breaching security at the Washington Hilton. He shot a law enforcement agent who was not seriously injured, Newsweek reported.

Donald Trump and other government officials were evacuated from the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Dinner after gunshots broke out. The chaos was ...