Gunshots prompted security officials to evacuate President Donald Trump, top administration officials and some members of Congress from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday.
The incident occurred shortly after the start of dinner, which was the first that Trump had attended in his second term. The annual dinner honors the First Amendment and routinely includes the president, first family and senior government officials.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the incident began at 8:36 p.m., when an armed individual rushed a Secret Service checkpoint at the Washington Hilton, and she told reporters that all indications were the suspected acted alone.
