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gala attended by Donald Trump and senior members of the president’s administration. In an interview with [TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/27/john-hinckley-says-washington-hilton-not-secure-after-shooting/) published on Monday, John Hinckley Jr also observed that “bad things keep happening
security might change, some experts said they expected some stronger measures for Trump events now, such as a wider perimeter. The shooting is the latest chapter of political violence in America, which data suggests
gala has prompted questions over security with some asking how a shooter was able to get close to where [Donald Trump](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump) and many other senior administration officials were gathered and many others
gala, being held at the Washington Hilton on Saturday evening. The president later called the [incident](/news/liveblog/2026/4/26/iran-war-live-tehran-rejects-talks-under-siege-trump-cancels-envoys-trip) an attack by a “would-be assassin”. Security personnel shot at the suspect after he forced