President Donald Trump was swiftly escorted off the stage by Secret Service after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC, on Saturday.
Trump, Vice President JD Vance and members of the president’s Cabinet are all safe. At a news conference following the incident, the president said the suspect was “taken down” by members of the Secret Service.
Several US Secret Service agents yelled, “shots fired” during the event, which was being held at the Washington Hilton.
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was outside the main ballroom when he saw a gunman opening fire on the ground just a few feet
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