President Donald Trump and Vice-President JD Vance were taken to safety on Saturday night after an armed man opened fire near the ballroom hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton, in an incident that abruptly ended one of the capital’s most high-profile annual gatherings. Trump was not injured, and the suspected gunman was subdued by Secret Service agents after one officer was struck in a bullet-resistant vest.
According to initial reports, the attacker forced his way through hotel security and moved towards the area outside the ballroom, where senior members of the administration, journalists and other Washington figures had assembled for the dinner. Panic followed as guests took cover and Secret Service officers moved swiftly to extract the President, the First Lady and other protected officials from the scene.
