White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect asks judge to remove him from suicide precautions in jail

NewsWorldAmericasUS politicsWhite House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect asks judge to remove him from suicide precautions in jailAttorneys for Cole Thomas Allen say his being held under ‘suicide precautions’ in jail ‘amounts to punishment’Isabel Keane in New York Sunday 03 May 2026 15:36 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2969729","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cole-thomas-allen-white-house-shooting-suspect-suicide-preventions-b2969729.html","title":"The WHCA dinner shooting suspect asked to be taken off suicide precautions"}}CloseGuard dog follows Cole Allen seconds before he charges security gateSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailGet our free Inside Washington emailEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_INSIDE_WASHINGTON","regTitle":"Inside Washington","subscriptionGroup":"inside_washington","subscriptionGroupId":"af764e04-87eb-45e6-a84b-a7455ba70a1e","type":"inside_washington","pathPrefix":"/news/world/americas/us-politics","associatedAuthors":["Eric Garcia","John Bowden"],"title":"Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox","mobileTitle":"Get our free Inside Washington email","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/insideWashington1_1.png","label":"I would like to receive morning headlines Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email","newsletterKey":"receiveInsideWashingtonNews","regSourceSection":"US polit...