A security incident that might have involved gunfire occurred outside the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night and led to the evacuation of President Donald Trump and other political leaders. So far there are no reports of injuries. C-SPAN video shows security escorting Trump away from the head table.
Ongoing reporting ...
Attendees reported several loud bangs before evacuation
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... Trump and other high-ranking administration officials were abruptly evacuated from the room at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner tonight following a security incident.
Secret Service agents swarmed the ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel, where some reporters, administration officials and dignitaries ducked under their tables amid the confusion.
It was not immediately clear what prompted security to stop the event and usher Trump out of the room. Other attendees remain in the ballroom.
Some attendees reported several loud bangs, but were unable to place them or identify the source.
And ...
Trump evacuated from the room at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
www.nbcnews.com
... President Donald Trump and other high-ranking administration officials were abruptly evacuated from the room at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner Saturday night following a security incident.
Secret Service agents swarmed the ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel, where some reporters, administration officials and dignitaries ducked under their tables amid the confusion.
It was not immediately clear what prompted security to stop the event and usher Trump out of the room. Other attendees remain in the ballroom.
Some attendees reported several loud bangs, but were unable to place them or identify the source.
NBC News reached out to D.C. police, the Secret Service and the Justice Department for more information.
Saturday marked Trump's first time attending the dinner as president. Trump had been the only president in the event's centurylong history not to attend at least once while in office. In years past, presidents have typically endured a light roasting from the dinner's headliner, typically a comedian. ...
Trump planned a 'rough' speech tonight, will be 'very nice' for next dinner
www.nbcnews.com
... Trump said he planned a "rough" speech tonight, but given what happened tonight his speech at the next event will "probably very nice."
"I am ready, willing and able, and I was all set to really rip it," he said on his speech planned for tonight.
"I'll be very boring the next time, but we're going to have a great event," he said. ...
Karoline Leavitt's shots will be fired' remark ahead of White House dinner shooting surfaces
A viral video of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has stirred online chatter ahead of the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD) shooting incident, after she urged viewers to tune in, hinting that Donald Trump would "bring the heat" and that there would be "shots fired."
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Apologies for the sloppy journalistic standards.
Here is the actual Tweet.
MAGA Voice
@MAGAVoice
JUST NOW: Karoline Leavitt calls on everyone to watch tonight because Donald Trump will bring the heat and there will be "shots fired"
LET'S FREAKING GO "
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What we know about Cole Tomas Allen, man accused of shooting at White House correspondents' dinnerwww.wtae.com
31-year-old Allen is from Torrance, California. The National Investigative Unit has confirmed that Allen was working as a tutor in Torrance. Social media posts from C2 Education in Torrance show Allen was named the Teacher of the Month in December 2024.
Federal Election records show Allen made a $25 donation on October 13, 2024, earmarked for the Kamala Harris campaign. Allen's voting record in California did not show a party a affiliation.
A May 2025 profile photo of Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, appears to match the appearance of the man in a photo of the alleged attacker posted by President Donald Trump. The photo, posted to the social networking site LinkedIn, shows him after graduating with a master's degree in computer science from California State University-Dominguez Hills.
Allen earned a bachelor's degree in 2017 in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. He listed his involvement there in a Christian student fellowship and a campus group that battled with Nerf guns.
Bin Tang, a computer science professor at California State University-Dominguez Hills, told The Associated Press that Allen took a few of his classes before graduating.
"He was a very good student indeed, always sitting in the first row of my class, paying attention, and frequently emailing me with coursework questions. Soft spoken, very polite, a good fellow. I am very shocked to see the news," Tang wrote in an email.
A local ABC station in Los Angeles included an interview with Allen during his senior year of college as part of a story about new technologies to help people as they age. He had developed a prototype for a new type of emergency brake for wheelchairs.
"No one cheered on anyone."
Not based on the "news" outlets MAGAts follow, no.
But back in the real world:
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Maya Wiley
@maya4rights.bsky.social
This statement from Cole Allens cannot & will not justify attempted murder. But it is striking!
"In so far as representatives and judges do not follow the law, no one is required to yield them anything so unlawfully ordered."
What leaders & public servants do matters, now more than ever.
"Read White House Correspondents' Dinner gunman Cole Allen's full anti-Trump manifesto"
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Yes, the dem leaning major/legacy media' has been complicit in all the attempts on Trump
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Maybe there should be a gun control law - on that forbids libbies from possessing firearms
Not a fan of the 2nd Amendment?
#131 | POSTED BY REDIAL AT 2026-04-26 05:52 PM | FLAG: Always have been a 'fan' until recent years when I have observed so many shooting done by libbie dems. Mayby a mandatory sanity check by a board certified psychiatrist for any dem applying for a gun...
No one cheered on anyone. we made fun of Paul Pelosi for getting caught with is gay lover and having to produce a cover story for the situation.
#114 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Top Republican officials, such as Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel and National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Tom Emmer, rejected assertions that inflammatory Republican rhetoric, including vilification of Nancy Pelosi, contributed to an atmosphere that risked violence. A week before the attack, Emmer posted a video of himself firing a gun with the hashtag #FirePelosi; after the attack, he deflected a question asking if he should have used a gun in the ad.[109] Some Republicans made jokes about the attack.[103][110] When taunting Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, sarcastically asked, "How's her husband doing?" He then remarked, "She's against building a wall in our border, even though she has a wall around her house"which obviously didn't do a very good job."[111]
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