Elon Musk has faced heavy backlash after reacting to the weekend shooting scare at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC, with a post about people willing to 'die to assassinate.' The Tesla and SpaceX chief shared the remark on X just hours after the incident and has since been criticised by users who accuse him of fuelling conspiracy talk instead of calming tensions.
The controversy followed chaotic scenes on Saturday 25 April when an alleged gunman, identified in reports as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, rushed a security checkpoint outside the Washington Hilton. According to accounts cited in the report, Allen fired multiple shots before being tackled and handcuffed by law enforcement. He never made it into the ballroom where journalists and members of President Donald Trump's administration were gathered, but Trump, Melania and other officials were swiftly evacuated.
