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WHCD Shooting Suspect's Sister Worked At Leftist Journalism Outlets

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The man who opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday has a journalist sister, The Daily Wire has learned.

Cole Thomas Allen, 31, charged a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton Hotel but was apprehended by authorities before breaching the ballroom. His sister, Avriana F. Allen, has worked at leftist news outlets, including the Texas Tribune, CalMatters, and the Pew Research Center.

At Northwestern University, she was involved with the Knight Lab and the publication North by Northwestern. A bio she published herself on GitHub, a coding platform, says, "I have a Bachelor of Science from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University where I double-majored in journalism and statistics."...

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