Donald Trump White House Shooting: Everything You Need To Know

It's a wrap from our end. Here's everything We Know About The White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting

• A gunman opened fire outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night, prompting the evacuation of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance from the venue.
• A Secret Service agent was shot in the protective vest during the incident but is expected to be fine, a fact Trump confirmed at a press conference.
• The suspected shooter has been identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allent from Torrance, California. He is currently in custody.
• Trump shared the first image of the shooter on Truth Social, describing him as a "sick person" who looked "pretty evil."
• Trump confirmed the shooter was armed with multiple weapons before being stopped by Secret Service, and recalled the 2024 assassination attempt on him in Pennsylvania.
• Trump called the Washington Hilton "not a particularly secure building" and said he was "kind of honoured" by repeated assassination attempts, comparing himself to historically targeted figures like Abraham Lincoln.
• Trump also warned at the presser that everything else "will be peanuts" compared to Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon.
• The DC Metropolitan Police Department held a media briefing on the incident at the Terrace Level of the Washington Hilton.

Presser involving US Donald Trump is now over, with the Trump administration sharing the name and images of the shooter. 

Trump said that the suspected shooter was a "sick person" and looked "pretty evil".

Trump warns that "everything will be peanuts compared to Iran getting a nuclear weapon. And they will use it too. I can tell you that."

Trump has said the White House press dinner venue -- the Washington Hill -- "not a particularly secure building".

When asked about repeated assassination attempts, Trump said in the course of history, "only people who do more gets targeted. Like Abraham Lincoln, and you know, the big guys. I have to say I am kind of honoured by that."

Trump has said that the shooting suspect was armed with multiple weapons before being stopped by Secret Service.

"Shooter came close in Pennsylvania," Trump recalled an assassination bid on him in 2024.

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Donald Trump has confirmed that an officer was shot at but will be fine as he was wearing a bulletproof vest.

Donald Trump has started addressing the press in the wake of the event. 

"MPD and our law enforcement partners are about to hold a media briefing on tonight's incident at the Terrace Level of the Washington Hilton."

According to the NYPost and Fox News columnist, Karol Markowicz, the attempted shooter has been identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen from Torrance, California and he is currently in custody. 

A Secret Service agent was shot in the protective vest when a gunman opened fire outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night, Fox News has reported. The agent is expected to be fine. 

US President Donald Trump is expected to address the press shortly following the events of the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

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