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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
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
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
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
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