Washington Correspondents Dinner Shooting

[Todd Feinman]

Shots have apparently been fired at the Correspondents' Dinner, and Trump has been rushed off stage:
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/25/politics/trump-rushed-white-house-correspondents-dinner

 

[boringrealit]

No matter if it was real or staged, the reactions online are interesting. No one seems to believe it. Interesting times we're living in.

 

[Mendel]

First WHCA dinner Trump attended, ever.

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/26/trump-evacuated-whcd-secret-service

A suspect fired at Secret Service personnel at the event at the Washington Hilton hotel and is now in custody, a law enforcement source tells Axios.

"Shot was fired at Secret Service, but they are OK. Hit in protective equipment," the official said.
A federal law enforcement source identified the shooter as Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California.
Trump was not in immediate danger of being shot because the gunman was apprehended in the hotel lobby before he got to the magnetometers, a second source briefed by the FBI on the incident said.

 

[Mendel]

Oh, and btw:

Article:

Just over two months after the Butler shooting, Secret Service agents spotted a man wielding a gun and hiding in bushes at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, while Trump was on the course. It was deemed an assassination attempt and the suspect was sentenced to life in prison in February.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-removed-white-house-correspondents-dinner-attendees-take-cover-2026-04-26/