Cole Allen's brother received the manifesto and called New London Connecticut Police — minutes too late to stop the WHCD attack

The Shooter's Brother Tried to Stop the Attack. The Warning Reached Washington Too Late.

Cole Allen sent his manifesto by email — not a PDF on a USB stick, not a printed letter, not a tweet. An email. To family members. About ten minutes before he opened fire.

The Chain

Allen's brother — based in New London, Connecticut — received the email. He read it. He recognized that his sibling was about to do something catastrophic. He called the New London Police Department. NLPD relayed the alert up the chain to federal authorities.

The chain reached Washington after Allen had already been engaged at the Washington Hilton metal detectors. The Secret Service had begun firing on Allen before the family warning was processed by federal coordinators. Whether the alert would have changed the outcome cannot be tested.

What This Tells You About the Window

Ten minutes is not long enough. Not for a manifesto to be read, understood, escalated, federalized, geographically routed, and acted upon at a venue 350 miles away. Whatever revisions to whistleblower protocols emerge from this incident will need to address that delta — the gap between "family member with email" and "agent on perimeter."

Status

Reported by WTNH (Connecticut), Daily Voice, and CT Public. The brother's name has not been publicly released.