Trump Shooting Eyewitness Describes Panic After Gunshots At White House Correspondents’ Dinner

An eyewitness to nan shooting astatine nan White House Correspondents’ meal said that he does not judge that it was an assassination effort connected Donald Trump.

On Saturday, 25 April, a suspected gunman attempted to large wind nan White House Correspondents’ Dinner astatine nan Washington Hilton edifice astatine 8:30 p.m., pinch shots fired earlier he was apprehended by nan Secret Service.

Hundreds of reporters, gathered for nan yearly dinner, ducked for cover. The Independent White House analogous Andrew Feinberg captured nan infinitesimal panic gripped nan ballroom at nan Washington Hilton arsenic agents tackled a gunman outside.

The suspected shooter has been identified arsenic 31-year-old California man Cole Tomas Allen. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said that investigators judge Allen was targeting members of nan Trump administration.

Speaking to Sky News, eyewitness David Reynolds described nan panic and stated that he believes nan shooting was an “attempted assassination of Americans”, alternatively than a targeted onslaught connected nan US president.