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press dinner shooting New images included in a memorandum filed by the US government show Cole Tomas Allen - the man accused of opening fire at a White House Correspondents' dinner last weekend - with weapons
shooting at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner on Saturday. **Andrew Harnik/Getty Images** Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Hours after a gunman attempted to breach the White House Correspondents' Dinner, details are slowly emerging about
Details emerge of alleged shooter at White House correspondents' dinner](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/26/g-s1-118807/trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner) Hundreds of attendees, many of them reporters and lawmakers, took shelter beneath their tables amidst the chaos, before evacuating the hotel
details on their condition. No officers were injured in the attack, the Secret Service has confirmed. The shooting remains under investigation, and road closures around the White House will likely stay in place overnight
press briefing shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25, 2026. **Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images** Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images At a time of historically high political violence
White House Correspondents' Dinner was being held on Saturday night has been named to the BBC's US news partner CBS by law enforcement sources as Cole Tomas Allen. The 31-year-old suspect
shooting](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/white-house-press-dinner-shooting-how-it-unfolded). Donald Trump, who was swiftly evacuated from the gala following the incident on 25 April, has pledged to attend a rescheduled event. Confirming his attendance and plan to speak at July
Press*](https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/preliminary-investigation-suggests-whcd-shooter-was-targeting-trump-admin-acting-ag-blanche-says-262136901573) Sunday morning the suspect is believed to have been targeting administration officials. ## **What happened?** Just after the dinner began around 8:00 p.m. ET, the suspect allegedly attempted to breach
incident. The president also thanked the media, who he says were "very responsible" in their coverage of the unfolding situation. Shortly before giving an address to the media, Trump shared images and a video
press gala, key details about the shooting remain unclear. As the investigation has evolved, prosecutors' statements have changed on whether the suspect shot a US Secret Service officer as gunfire rang out at the Washington
shooting incident outside the ballroom during the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 25 in Washington. **Alex Brandon/AP** Alex Brandon/AP *Tamara Keith was president of the WHCA from 2022-2023 and planned the 2023 dinner
White House correspondents’ dinner, conversations [centered on](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/25/donald-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner) the role of the media and freedom of the press as journalists prepared to dine with the president. Instead of a speech stacked with heated
press corps. He was stopped by federal law enforcement officers before getting close to his presumed targets. [![Secret Service agents responded to a shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington
incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. And Trump himself made a nearly identical statement on Saturday, using his Truth Social platform to link the recent shooting to the ballroom. “This event is one month
shooting and a transatlantic alliance showing fresh signs of strain. British flags could be seen lining lamp-posts outside the White House, where Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, were [set to host
detailed view of a hat that reads, God Guns and Trump is seen at a campaign event for U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, a Republican from Louisiana, at Bourne's Restaurant