Federal grand jury indicts alleged WHCA dinner gunman on four charges

A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted the suspected gunman at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner on four charges, including attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump.

Cole Tomas Allen, the alleged gunman, has been accused of attempting to assassinate Trump, assaulting an officer or employee of the United States with a deadly weapon and two other firearms-related charges, according to The Hill.

The charges come after Allen was placed under suicide watch at a D.C. jail because he allegedly told the FBI that he expected to die during the shooting. Suicide watch protocols mandated Allen remain on a 24-hour lockdown in a "safe cell," with no phone access to call or receive visits from anyone other than his legal team.

Allen has not entered a plea in the case so far but has agreed to remain in custody pending trial.

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