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WASHINGTON (AP) — A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night, charging toward the ballroom in a chaotic encounter with Secret Service agents as guests dived under tables at the sound of shots being fired.

The president was uninjured and was rushed off the stage. The armed man, who officials said was a guest at the Washington Hilton where the dinner was being held, was taken into custody and was expected in court Monday. Police believe he opened fire and acted alone but did not say who was his intended target or describe a motive.

“When you’re impactful, they go after you. When you’re not impactful, they leave you alone,” Trump, safe and uninjured and still in his tuxedo, said at the White House two hours later. “They seem to think he was a lone wolf.”

The shooting unfolded just outside the vast subterranean ballroom holding thousands of dinner guests, disrupting minutes after it began an annual event meant to honor journalism and the First Amendment that was being especially scrutinized this year because it was the first time since Trump became president that he had attended. Trump told reporters later that he hoped the event would be rescheduled within 30 days, though the fact that an armed man was able to rush toward the ballroom raised instant questions about security precautions at an event attended each year by senior government officials.

Video posted by Trump showed the suspect running past security barricades as Secret Service agents ran toward him. One officer was shot in a bullet-resistant vest but was recovering, officials said. The gunman was tackled to the ground and was not injured, but was being evaluated at a hospital, police said.

The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, according to two law enforcement officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. He is facing two firearm-related charges, including a count of assaulting an officer with a deadly weapon.

Inside the ballroom, guests scurried for cover at the sound of shots while Secret Service agents, including the heavily-armed counterassault team, swarmed the stage after the incident.

Vice President JD Vance was removed from the room first, while agents initially covered Trump in place before escorting him and first lady Melania Trump from the room. Trump briefly stumbled on the way offstage, before being assisted by his security detail.

He was held for some time in a secure presidential suite at the hotel as the president and organizers initially sought to resume the event — hotel staff refolded napkins and refilled water glasses, and aides adjusted the teleprompter for the president — before Trump was returned to the White House on the advice of the Secret Service.

It was the third time since 2024 that the president had been under threat by an attacker in his immediate vicinity — including the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, that injured him and killed a local firefighter.

“Today we need levels of security that probably nobody has ever seen before,” the president said. But he also said, “We’re not going to let anybody take over our society.”

FBI Director Kash Patel, flanking Trump, said the agency is examining a long gun and shell casings recovered from the scene, as well as interviewing witnesses from the dinner. He urged anyone with information to come forward.

Dinner turns to disorder

Guests were dining on a spring pea and burrata salad when noise began — noise Trump said he initially thought was a tray dropping but some journalists believed were five to eight gunshots.

The Secret Service and other authorities swarmed the room as guests ducked under tables by the hundreds. Audible gasps echoed through the ballroom as guests realized something was happening; hundreds of journalists immediately got on phones to call in information.

“Out of the way, sir!” someone yelled. Others yelled to duck. From one corner, a “God Bless America” chant began as the president was escorted offstage. Outside the hotel, members of the National Guard and other authorities flooded the area as helicopters circled overhead.

After an initial attempt to resume, the event was scrapped for the night and will be rescheduled.

“We will do this again,” said Weijia Jiang, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. Shortly afterward, staff began breaking down table settings and the presidential lectern.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he and his wife, Kelly, who both attended the event, were “praying for our country tonight.” The House Democratic leader, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, wrote on social media, “The violence and chaos in America must end.”

The banquet hall — where hundreds of prominent journalists, celebrities and national leaders were awaiting Trump’s remarks — was immediately evacuated. Members of the National Guard took up position inside the building as people were allowed to leave but not immediately reenter. Security outside was also extremely tight.

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York, a guest at the dinner, said he heard a pop and “we didn’t know what the hell it was. And then you heard all sorts of things clatter.” Lawler said he gets “death threats often” and said, “I think we live in a climate where everybody recognizes it’s a problem, but I don’t think people fully appreciate how much of a problem it really is.”

The event had initially appeared set to resume after the disorder. Servers refolded napkins and refilled water glasses in preparation for Trump’s return. Another worker prepared the president’s teleprompter for the remarks he was scheduled to make.

Generally, the Hilton hotel, where the dinner has taken place for years, remains open to regular guests during the correspondents’ dinner, and security has typically been focused on the ballroom rather than the hotel at large, with little screening for people not entering the dinner itself. In past years, that has created openings for disruptions in the lobby and other public spaces, including protests in which security moved to remove guests who unfurled banners or staged demonstrations.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. outside the Hilton — an event that prompted redesigns of the property that increased security and added a special presidential suite near the entrance where chief executives could be taken. Trump was dispatched there briefly after the incident Saturday night.

Event would have highlighted Trump’s relationship with press

Trump’s attendance at Saturday’s annual dinner in Washington for his first time as president was expected to put his administration’s often-contentious relationship with the press on full public display.

Trump arrived to an event where the leaders of a nation at war mingled with celebrities, journalists and even a puppet — Triumph the Insult Comic Dog — in a dinner that typically generates debate about whether the relationship between journalists and their sources should include socializing together and putting aside sometimes adversarial relationships.

Trump was being watched closely at the event held by the organization of reporters who cover him and his administration. Past presidents who have attended have generally spoken about the importance of free speech and the First Amendment, adding in some light roasts about individual journalists.

The Republican president did not attend during his first term or the first year of his second. He came as a guest in 2011, sitting in the audience as President Barack Obama, a Democrat, made some jokes about the New York real estate developer. Trump also attended as a private citizen in 2015.

Trump entered the banquet hall of the Washington Hilton to the strains of “Hail to the Chief” and greeted prominent journalists on the dais, also pausing to laud White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt with a cheerful pointing of his finger.

Past dinners have also featured comedians who poke at presidents. This year, the group opted to hire mentalist Oz Pearlman as the featured entertainment.

Between berating individual reporters, fighting organizations like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Associated Press in court and restricting press access to the Pentagon, the administration’s animus toward journalists has been a fixture of Trump’s second term.

A few dozen protesters stood across the hotel in the run-up to the event. One was dressed in a prison uniform, wearing a Pete Hegseth mask and red gloves. Another carried a sign saying, “Journalism is dead.”

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AP journalists Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Zeke Miller and Anna Johnson contributed to this report. Follow him at http://x.com/dbauder and https://bsky.app/profile/dbauder.bsky.social.

Summary of what we know so far

Here is a wrap of what unfolded during a dramatic night in Washington DC:

• Donald and Melania Trump were evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening after the event at the Washington Hilton was interrupted by gunfire.

• Hundreds of guests hid under tables in the ballroom as US Secret Service agents with guns drawn rushed reporters out of the room and mentioned “shots fired”.

• The Metropolitan police department’s Jeff Carroll said a suspect “charged a US Secret Service checkpoint” armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives, before he was tackled to the ground and handcuffed. He appeared to have been a “lone” gunman, Carroll said.

• The US attorney for the District of Columbia said the suspect had been charged with felony firearm and assault charges.

• The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, according to the Associated Press and multiple news outlets.

• DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said the suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was being “evaluated”.

• News crews and officers gathered outside the California home of the suspect.

• Trump later said one officer was shot but was “saved by the fact that he was wearing an obviously very good bulletproof vest”. He praised the law enforcement response.

• The president said he would have preferred to return to the ballroom to give his speech but said the gala would be rescheduled “within 30 days”.

• Trump said the Secret Service did a better job than the assassination attempt in Butler. “He was fast,” Trump said of the suspect.

• World leaders condemned an act of “political violence” and expressed relief that Trump, officials and journalists were unharmed.

Here is a wrap of what unfolded during a dramatic night in Washington DC:

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  The US attorney for the District of Columbia said the suspect had been charged with felony firearm and assault charges.

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  The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, according to the Associated Press and multiple news outlets.

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  DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said the suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was being “evaluated”.

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  The president said he would have preferred to return to the ballroom to give his speech but said the gala would be rescheduled “within 30 days”.

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  Trump said the Secret Service did a better job than the assassination attempt in Butler. “He was fast,” Trump said of the suspect.

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Donald Trump said the shooting at the White House press dinner would not deter him from the Iran war, although he believed the incident was unlikely linked to the conflict.

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“It’s not going to deter me from winning the war in Iran. I don’t know if that had anything to do with it, I really don’t think so, based on what we know,” Trump told reporters at the White House after the incident.

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But Trump had earlier said that “you never know” if it could be linked to the Iran war, and said investigators were working on the motive of the shooter who he described as a “lone wolf”.

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  Donald and Melania Trump were evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening after the event was interrupted by loud gunshots.

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  A suspect was in custody after “charging” through the security checkpoint and past law enforcement officers stationed at the entrance of the venue, according to law enforcement officials. Security footage shows a man sprinting through the metal detectors, as officers race toward him with their guns drawn. The suspect was not shot but was being evaluated in the hospital. The suspect was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives, police said.

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  The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, according to the Associated Press and multiple news organizations.

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  Trump addressed reporters from the White House shortly after the incident and vowed to reschedule the gala.

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Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said the defendant has been charged with felony firearms and assault charges.

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Pirro was a guest in the ballroom when the man charged through the checkpoint.

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“Because that checkpoint worked, there was no who was injured,” she said.

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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is speaking in DC where she gave an update on the incident and ensuing investigation. She said the suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was being “evaluated”.

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“We have no reason to believe at this time that anyone else was involved,” she said.

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Jeff Carroll, the interim chief of police of the Metropolitan police department, said he appeared to have been a “lone” gunman. He said the suspect “charged a US Secret Service checkpoint” at the Washington Hilton. He said the suspect was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives.

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There “does not appear to be any sort of danger to the public” at this point,” he said.

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The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, the Associated Press is reporting, citing two law enforcement officials.

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Trump said FBI agents were searching the suspect’s home in California.

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The White House press briefing room remains packed to the brim, with Trump, flanked by cabinet officials, vice-president JD Vance, first lady Melania and others.

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Trump said Secret Service did a better job today than the assassination attempt in Butler.

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“He was fast,” Trump said of the shooter.

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He also told reporters “I guess” he was the target at the event and said the attacker was a “wack job”.

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He called it “crazy” and said “I want to live because I want to make this country great.”

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Many of the reporters were also wearing gowns and tuxedos, having come directly from the dinner or a party happening nearby.

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The first question goes to Weijia Jiang, the president of the WHCA. Calling on her, Trump vowed the dinner would be postponed.

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She noted that Trump had survived an assassination attempt, most notably at an open-air campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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“I thought it was a tray going down … It was a pretty loud noise and it was from quite far away,” Trump said. “He hadn’t reached the area.”

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Trump said he was “all set to let it rip” in his remarks about the press.

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“I don’t know if I can ever be as rough as I was going to be tonight,” Trump said.

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Trump said the incident underscored the need for his mammoth ballroom at the White House. He also made an appeal for peace and even complimented the press’s “responsible” coverage of the event.

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Trump says one officer was shot, but was “saved by the fact that he was wearing an obviously very good bulletproof vest.

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“He was shot from a very close distance with a very powerful gun, and the vest did the job,” he said.

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Trump said he spoke to the officer and he was “doing great” and in “great shape”.

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“Has very high spirits and we told him we love him,” Trump said.

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“That was very unexpected,” Trump begins, speaking from the White House briefing room. He is still wearing his tuxedo from the evening’s gala.

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Many guests and journalists in the room are recounting their experience in the room.

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Kerry Kennedy, RFK’s sister who was a guest of the Boston Globe at the gala, recalled on X: “A loud bang of gun shots, then “Get down, get down, get down!” I hit the floor at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner mid conversation with Jamie Raskin, who heroically protected me, whispering, “You’re ok, you’re ok, you’re ok,” while my host from the Boston Globe laid on the ground while furiously taking notes, and thousands of journalists, photographers, and editors took cover under tables and beneath chairs. Then the doors burst open, and scores of Secret Service agents rushed into the room, many with hands on holsters. They rushed for cabinet secretaries and pulled them to safety. Then security started yelling, “Go, go, go,” demanding that we leave. It was terrifying. But I am still grateful to the brave Secret Service, to my friends at the Boston Globe, and most especially to Jamie Raskin.”

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Donald Trump said he and the first lady will leave the Washington Hilton, where the White House correspondents’ dinner was held on Saturday night, at the request of law enforcement. The president said he would give a press briefing at the White House in 30 minutes.

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“The First Lady, plus the Vice President, and all Cabinet members, are in perfect condition. We will be speaking to you in a half an hour. I have spoken with all the representatives in charge of the event, and we will be rescheduling within 30 days,” he wrote on Truth Social.

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“The president will be having a press briefing at the White House in 30 minutes – that is not a joke,” Weijia Jiang, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, just told the room full of reporters.

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“And he insists that we will reschedule this event in 30 days and that he wanted to continue, despite the news, but has to follow security protocol.”

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Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that the “shooter has been apprehended” and that he has recommended that we “LET THE SHOW GO ON” but said the decision will ultimately be made by law enforcement.

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“They will make a decision shortly,” Trump said. “Regardless of that decision, the evening will be much different than planned, and we’ll just, plain, have to do it again.”

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Weijia Jiang, president of the White House Correspondents’ Association, has said the dinner will resume.

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“Our program is going to resume momentarily,” she said.

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The presidential seal is on the podium onstage at the Washington Hilton, a sign that Trump may return to speak.

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The White House correspondents’ dinner was interrupted by loud bangs on Saturday evening, followed by immediate commotion. Donald and Melania Trump were evacuated immediately as many journalists and their guests across the room ducked under tables in the Washington Hilton ballroom.

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There were reports that the US Secret Service had guns drawn as they rushed the White House pool reporters out of the room and mentioned “shots fired”.

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The atmosphere in the room was tense as journalists waited to hear what happened and what to do next.

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This is a breaking news story and we will bring you developments as they unfold.

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In pictures: Chaos as Trump whisked from press dinner after shots fired

Our picture editors have put together a gallery of the scenes that unfolded at the Washington Hilton ballroom.

Summary of what we know so far

Here is a wrap of what unfolded during a dramatic night in Washington DC:

• Donald and Melania Trump were evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening after the event at the Washington Hilton was interrupted by gunfire.

• Hundreds of guests hid under tables in the ballroom as US Secret Service agents with guns drawn rushed reporters out of the room and mentioned “shots fired”.

• The Metropolitan police department’s Jeff Carroll said a suspect “charged a US Secret Service checkpoint” armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives, before he was tackled to the ground and handcuffed. He appeared to have been a “lone” gunman, Carroll said.

• The US attorney for the District of Columbia said the suspect had been charged with felony firearm and assault charges.

• The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, according to the Associated Press and multiple news outlets.

• DC Mayor Muriel Bowser said the suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was being “evaluated”.

• News crews and officers gathered outside the California home of the suspect.

• Trump later said one officer was shot but was “saved by the fact that he was wearing an obviously very good bulletproof vest”. He praised the law enforcement response.

• The president said he would have preferred to return to the ballroom to give his speech but said the gala would be rescheduled “within 30 days”.

• Trump said the Secret Service did a better job than the assassination attempt in Butler. “He was fast,” Trump said of the suspect.

• World leaders condemned an act of “political violence” and expressed relief that Trump, officials and journalists were unharmed.

Timeline of the how the shooting unfolded

Here’s a timeline of the incident at the White House press dinner and its immediate aftermath:

• At about 8.35pm ET, guests at the Washington Hilton dinner took cover when shots were heard, video footage showed. Soon after, Secret Service agents rushed towards Donald Trump, escorting the president and his cabinet from the ballroom.

• A sole gunman had rushed a Secret Service checkpoint in a lobby, Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and interim police chief Jeffery Carroll later told reporters.

• The suspect charged the Secret Service checkpoint in the hotel’s lobby area and was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives, Carroll said. As the suspect ran through that checkpoint, Secret Service members intercepted him.

• A Secret Service agent was injured and transported to a local hospital, the mayor said, adding the suspect was also transferred to a local hospital where he was evaluated.

• “We do know that law enforcement exchanged gunfire with the individual … The suspect in this case, he was not struck by gunfire,” Carroll said. “Law enforcement … they actually tackled him into the ground and handcuffed him.”

• At about 9.17pm, Trump made his first comments after the shooting, saying law enforcement “acted quickly and bravely”. Trump posted on Truth Social that “the shooter has been apprehended.” Trump said he recommended that the event continue.

• About 20 minutes later, Trump posted again, saying law enforcement asked him and others to leave the premises of the venue and that he was complying with that request. The event will be rescheduled “within 30 days”, Trump said.

• Around 10.30pm, Trump addressed the media in a press conference at the White House, accompanied by the director of the FBI and the acting US attorney general. Trump and other law enforcement officials said preliminary information suggested the suspect was a lone shooter.

• Around 11.13pm, Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, told reporters the suspect was being charged with using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.

World leaders react to Washington shooting: ‘Violence must never be the way’

World leaders have condemned an act of “political violence” and expressed relief that Donald Trump, officials and journalists were unharmed after the shooting incident in Washington DC.

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney, whose government had been locked in tense trade talks with the US, said on X: “I am relieved that the President, the First Lady, and all guests are safe following reports of gunfire at the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington tonight.

“Political violence has no place in any democracy and my thoughts are with all those who have been shaken by this disturbing event.”

Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum said it was “good that President Trump and his wife are safe following the recent events”.

“We send them our respect. Violence must never be the way,” Sheinbaum said.

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese said he was pleased to hear all attendees were safe. “We applaud the work of the Secret Service and law enforcement agencies for their swift action,” he said in a statement.

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Trump says shooting won’t ’deter’ him from Iran war

Donald Trump said the shooting at the White House press dinner would not deter him from the Iran war, although he believed the incident was unlikely linked to the conflict.

“It’s not going to deter me from winning the war in Iran. I don’t know if that had anything to do with it, I really don’t think so, based on what we know,” Trump told reporters at the White House after the incident.

But Trump had earlier said that “you never know” if it could be linked to the Iran war, and said investigators were working on the motive of the shooter who he described as a “lone wolf”.

Video footage from the event that was shared by President Trump on his Truth Social account, showing the alleged shooter running.

Lawmakers and journalists were in shock after a Washington media tradition turned violent on Saturday night, halting the White House correspondents’ dinner while the first course of burrata and greens sat on their plates, the Guardian’s Cate Brown writes.

We thought that some of the plates for the dinner fell, and next thing you know, we all went under the table screaming,” said Jamie Raskin, a Maryland congressman who was among the 2,000 attendees gathered to celebrate press freedom. It was the first time that Donald Trump chose to attend the annual Washington event.

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Here’s what we know of the shooting incident:

• Donald and Melania Trump were evacuated from the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening after the event was interrupted by loud gunshots.

• A suspect was in custody after “charging” through the security checkpoint and past law enforcement officers stationed at the entrance of the venue, according to law enforcement officials. Security footage shows a man sprinting through the metal detectors, as officers race toward him with their guns drawn. The suspect was not shot but was being evaluated in the hospital. The suspect was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives, police said.

• The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, according to the Associated Press and multiple news organizations.

• Trump addressed reporters from the White House shortly after the incident and vowed to reschedule the gala.

Some news crews have gathered outside the California home of the suspect, identified by multiple news outlets including the Associated Press as Cole Tomas Allen.

According to local reporters, the suspect is a 31-year-old teacher from Torrance, California.

A formal White House “lid” was called at 11:19 EST – a term used by the press office to inform the pool of reporters covering the president that he is not expected to make any further public appearances or remarks that day.

“We have a travel/photo lid at 11:19 on this shocking and unexpectedly newsy day,” pool reporter Jeff Mordock of the Washington Times wrote in his final note of the evening. “I hope everyone who attended tonight’s WHCA dinner is safe and doing ok.”

House speaker Mike Johnson said on X that he and his wife were at the gala and were “thankful no innocent people were harmed and everyone is now safe”.

“We’re grateful as always for the law enforcement and first responders who acted so quickly to bring the situation under control. Praying for our country tonight,” Johnson said.

Former speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement that it was a “great relief” the president, first lady and all attenders were safe “following a terrifying act of violence inside the venue”.

She added: “As someone whose family has suffered political violence, my prayers are with the injured officer and all those affected by the trauma of these horrible incidents.”

Carroll, the DC police chief, said the investigation was “preliminary” but that investigators believed the suspect did fire a shot. While the suspect is being evaluated in the hospital, Carroll said the suspect was not shot.

Carroll said it was too soon to know who the suspect was targeting or what his motive was. But he said investigators believe the suspect was registered as a guest at the Washington Hilton hotel, where the gala took place.

Suspect faces preliminary firearms and assault charges, US attorney for DC says

Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said the defendant has been charged with felony firearms and assault charges.

Pirro was a guest in the ballroom when the man charged through the checkpoint.

“Because that checkpoint worked, there was no who was injured,” she said.

Washington DC mayor says suspected shooter taken to a hospital

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is speaking in DC where she gave an update on the incident and ensuing investigation. She said the suspect was transported to a local hospital where he was being “evaluated”.

“We have no reason to believe at this time that anyone else was involved,” she said.

Jeff Carroll, the interim chief of police of the Metropolitan police department, said he appeared to have been a “lone” gunman. He said the suspect “charged a US Secret Service checkpoint” at the Washington Hilton. He said the suspect was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives.

There “does not appear to be any sort of danger to the public” at this point,” he said.

Shooting suspect named as Cole Tomas Allen, according to Associated Press

The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, the Associated Press is reporting, citing two law enforcement officials.

Trump said FBI agents were searching the suspect’s home in California.

The president has finished taking questions for the evening and promised more details to come.

During his remarks, he said the rescheduled gala would be “better” and “safer”.

“I see so many tuxedos and beautiful dresses,” Trump told the hastily assembled press corps. “It was a little different evening than we thought. But we’re going to do it again.”

Trump tells a packed briefing room the shooter was ‘fast’

Joseph Gedeon

The White House press briefing room remains packed to the brim, with Trump, flanked by cabinet officials, vice-president JD Vance, first lady Melania and others.

Trump said Secret Service did a better job today than the assassination attempt in Butler.

“He was fast,” Trump said of the shooter.

He also told reporters “I guess” he was the target at the event and said the attacker was a “wack job”.

He called it “crazy” and said “I want to live because I want to make this country great.”

In the briefing room, Trump was flanked from left to right by Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Karoline Leavitt, Melania, JD Vance, Todd Blanche, Trump in center, then Kash Patel and Markwayne Mullin on the right.

Many of the reporters were also wearing gowns and tuxedos, having come directly from the dinner or a party happening nearby.