- Gunfire erupted at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton hotel on Saturday, 25 April, at 8:30pm.
- Entertainer Oz Pearlman was performing a trick for Melania Trump and Karoline Leavitt when the incident occurred.
- A suspected gunman, identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen from California, attempted to storm the event and fired shots.
- The Secret Service apprehended the suspect, leading to hundreds of reporters at the annual dinner ducking for cover.
- The Independent White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg captured the moment of panic that gripped the ballroom.
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