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Gunshots Disrupt White House Correspondents' Dinner, Suspect Subdued by Secret Service
Gunshots at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner led to the evacuation of the president and senior officials from the Washington Hilton. The suspect was taken into custody after charging a security checkpoint, and one Secret Service agent was injured. The president addressed reporters later, praising law enforcement and ordering the release of incident footage.
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Gunshots rang out during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening, prompting the evacuation of President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other senior administration officials.
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U.S. Secret Service agents responded immediately, subduing a suspect who charged at a security checkpoint armed with multiple weapons. The incident occurred during the annual event, which the president was attending for the first time while in office.
The suspect was taken down by Secret Service personnel and is now in custody, facing charges of a federal firearms violation and assaulting a federal law enforcement agent. The hotel has a historical significance as the site of the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.
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Trump addressed reporters at the White House later that night, joined by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel. He described the suspect's actions and commended the quick response of law enforcement. The president ordered the release of video and photos from the incident.
>"To see a man charge at a security checkpoint armed with multiple weapons— and he was taken down by some very brave members of Secret Service, and they acted very quickly," President Donald Trump stated at the impromptu press conference. In a seven-minute opening statement, the president praised the Secret Service, D.C. police, and other involved parties.
