The suspect charged with storming a security checkpoint and firing a shotgun near the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday mocked

Saturday’s shooting at the Washington Hilton brought back memories of a 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan.

"The hotel regularly donates unused food from events to support local organizations and their work in the community," a Washington Hilton spokesperson told PEOPLE

EXCLUSIVE: A member of the cleanup crew at the Washington Hilton exclusively spoke to the Mirror US about how alleged shooter Cole Allen managed to get the drop on a member of the Secret Service.

On Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, Cole Tomas Allen — a 31-year-old Kamala Harris donor from Torrance, California — charged a security checkpoint armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives while President Trump and his entire Cabinet sat in the ballroom below.

Mediaite Editor in Chief Joe DePaolo was inside the Washington Hilton Saturday evening prior to the WHCD and was stunned to encounter such lax security. The post I Was Inside the Washington Hilton Tonight.

After the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was abruptly cut short due to a gunman firing shots on Saturday night, the Washington Hilton was left with a lot of unserved food. S

The Washington Hilton hotel said Monday it was following “stringent” Secret Service protocols during Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where an armed man charged at a

New footage capturing Cole Allen seemingly visiting the hotel gym a day before the shooting has been released.