Hotel : la rencontre qui retient son souffle

Hotel en United States fait l'actualité ce jeudi. Selon The Washington Post, Surveillance footage reviewed by The Post provides the clearest picture yet of the seconds after the alleged gunman bolted through a checkpoint inside the hotel.

Les faits

• Surveillance footage reviewed by The Post provides the clearest picture yet of the seconds after the alleged gunman bolted through a checkpoint inside the hotel.
• Around 8:30, he went down to the terrace level of the hotel, where he ran through a security checkpoint.
• Surveillance footage reviewed by The Washington Post shows that Cole Tomas Allen appeared to raise his shotgun in the direction of a Secret Service officer who then fired the only shots that are clearly visible in the video from a security checkpoint outside Saturday’s White House correspondents’ dinner.
• The details, combined with video, seem to suggest that the gunman was not the person who shot an officer in his protective vest.
• Prosecutors offered new details on Wednesday about the chaotic events outside a gala dinner for White House officials, where a gunman raced through a security checkpoint and was tackled by the police.

L'essentiel

The New York Times indique que Around 8:30, he went down to the terrace level of the hotel, where he ran through a security checkpoint. D'après The Washington Post, Surveillance footage reviewed by The Washington Post shows that Cole Tomas Allen appeared to raise his shotgun in the direction of a Secret Service officer who then fired the only shots that are clearly visible in the video from a security checkpoint outside Saturday’s White House correspondents’ dinner. Comme le souligne The New York Times, the details, combined with video, seem to suggest that the gunman was not the person who shot an officer in his protective vest. Selon The New York Times, Prosecutors offered new details on Wednesday about the chaotic events outside a gala dinner for White House officials, where a gunman raced through a security checkpoint and was tackled by the police.

Les chiffres

The New York Times indique que the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was charged on Monday with trying to assassinate President Trump when he sprinted with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives toward the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday. D'après The New York Times, when agents took the shotgun, a Mossberg 12-gauge pump-action weapon, from the suspect, they found a spent shell in the barrel, as well as eight unfired cartridges in the weapon, the document said.

Ce qu'ils disent

“The defendant fell to the ground, was restrained by law enforcement and was placed under arrest,” the court filing said. “The defendant suffered a minor injury to his knee but was not shot.” (The New York Times)

Le contexte

Selon The New York Times, the court filing also included a photograph the defendant took of himself in his hotel room minutes before the attack. The Washington Post indique que the video, a much higher resolution version of the security camera footage President Donald Trump posted to social media that night, does not capture every gunshot that authorities say was fired. D'après The New York Times, Video of the episode showed him running through a magnetometer before Secret Service agents fired in his direction and tackled him. Comme le souligne The New York Times, He was brought down and disarmed at the top of a staircase leading down to the floor where the event was being held.

Recherches associées

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À retenir

• The details, combined with video, seem to suggest that the gunman was not the person who shot an officer in his protective vest.
• The court filing also included a photograph the defendant took of himself in his hotel room minutes before the attack.
• The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was charged on Monday with trying to assassinate President Trump when he sprinted with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives toward the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday.
• Recherches qui explosent : À quelques kilomètres de Caen, cet hôtel trois étoiles s’agrandit et se dote d’un espace balnéo, Meuse. Home-jacking dans un hôtel de Bar-le-Duc : « On nous a séquestrés et cambriolés ! », témoignent le gérant et son épouse, TEMOIGNAGE. "Il a tout acheté, alors qu’il n’avait pas un rond" : Années folles, Seconde Guerre mondiale, grands banquets… Cet hôtel lotois fête ses 100 ans, sa famille raconte un siècle d’histoire, Savoie. Chef de partie dans un hôtel, il gonflait ses revenus en revendant de la cocaïne.