New images show suspect taking selfies before Washington press dinner shooting

In the new memorandum, prosecutors say Allen took photos of himself in his hotel room with his cell phone at around 20:03 EST (1:03 BST) wearing dress clothes as well as a shoulder holster, pliers and wire cutters that they say were later recovered from Allen. The government alleges that for the next half hour, Allen checked several websites for live coverage of the White House Correspondents' dinner, and for the president's attendance. He then made his way downstairs and towards the ballroom, where the dinner was taking place. Prosecutors allege Allen discarded a long black coat that had concealed a pump-action shotgun."Shortly thereafter, the defendant rushed the screening checkpoint on the Terrace Level of the Washington Hilton with a raised shotgun," the memo states.He sprinted through a metal detector, holding the shotgun with both hands in a raised position, the government says. The new filing also alleges that Allen kept a note on his phone of observations of his surroundings as he traveled from his home in California across the country to Washington, including "[t]he southwest desert in spring Distant wind turbines looming like snowy mountains across the hazy NM desert". Prosecutors argue in the filing that Allen should remain detained before his trial, calling his alleged actions "premeditated, violent, and calculated to cause death". "Considering the relevant statutory factors, there is no condition or combination of conditions that will reasonably assure the safety of other people or the community if the defendant were released from custody," prosecutors say.