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Gunfire Breaks Out at Trump’s First WHCA Dinner

4/26/2026

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Gunfire erupted in the Washington Hilton ballroom during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the first event attended by President Donald Trump as a sitting president.
Secret Service agents escorted Trump off the stage, drew weapons, and guided him through a back curtain while guests dove to the floor.
The shooting took place in the same Washington Hilton where Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt 45 years earlier.

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Gunfire erupted in the Washington Hilton ballroom during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, the first event attended by President Donald Trump as a sitting president.
Secret Service agents escorted Trump off the stage, drew weapons, and guided him through a back curtain while guests dove to the floor.
The shooting took place in the same Washington Hilton where Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt 45 years earlier.