Chaos erupted at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner when gunshots were heard Saturday night, prompting the immediate evacuation of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump from the Washington Hilton ballroom.
According to reports, the shooter fired from a lighting box above the door near the lobby before being engaged by Secret Service officers. Sources indicated that the individual was shot by responding officers and taken into custody shortly after the incident.
Video footage from inside the event showed attendees scrambling under tables as panic spread through the room.
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were quickly escorted out of the scene by security personnel, and officials confirmed all three—President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Karoline Leavitt—are safe at this time.
The exact cause of the shooting remains unclear.
