Shooter Fires Shots in Lobby at White House Correspondents' Dinner
White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooter Fires Shots in Hotel Lobby ... Pandemonium as President Evacuated
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10:30 PM ET -- Trump released images of the suspect, who he called a "sick" person.
10:15 PM ET -- The shooter has been identified as a 30-year-old male from Los Angeles, according to CNN. Based on information that is surfacing, it appears the man began shooting at the metal detector and did not get through it.
9:40 PM ET -- The White House Correspondents' Dinner has been canceled. President Trump there will be a redo within to the next 30 days.
A gunman threw the White House Correspondents' Dinner into mad chaos Saturday night, firing shots in the lobby near the ballroom where President Trump and many other administraiton officials were having dinner.
The room was filled with several thousand journalists who were celebrating the evening, when someone in the lobby fired at least 6 shots.
Secret Service agents jumped on President Trump and pushed him to the ground, then swiftly got him out of the room.
The Secret Service says the gunman was subdued and taken into custody. There were earlier reports the shooter was killed, but these proved to be inaccurate.
It is baffling how someone with a gun got this close to the ballroom. The gunman appears to have been inside the security bubble and would've had to get through the metal detector.
No one in the ballroom was hurt. Glass shattered -- presumably windows -- during the shooting.
CNN is reporting a law enforcement officer may have been shot in the vest. We do not know if the vest stopped the bullet or the condition of the officer.
The room was filled with members of the administration .... President Trump, the First Lady, Vice President J.D. Vance, the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Homeland Security, among many others. Basically the Trump Administration was front and center.
Members of the media and other hid under dinner tables as everyone scrambled to learn what had happened.
The event was proceeding as normal ... with the White House Coreespondents' Association president -- CBS News' Weijia Jiang -- giving a welcome speech before inviting everyone to sit for dinner.
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