(L-R) Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump attend as Mentalist Oz Pearlman hosts The White House Correspondents Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026 in Washington, D.C.
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President Donald Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night after multiple gunshots were heard in the ballroom.
At least five shots were heard at the event in the Washington Hilton hotel. They rang out in the ballroom as attendees were eating their first course, several minutes after White House Correspondents’ Association President Weija Jiang delivered remarks.
Trump, who was seated at the front of the ballroom next to first lady Melania Trump, was quickly surrounded by guards, while many attendees ducked under their tables.
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