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Man held after shooting at White House correspondents’ dinner – as it happened Rick Goodman (now) and Lauren Gambino (earlier)
President and other top leaders evacuated from annual dinner after shots firedSuspect in custody after Trump evacuated in shooting incidentWhite House correspondents’ dinner shooting – what we knowSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailCNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said he was within a few feet of the shooter, and called into CNN to describe his observations.Blitzer said he saw “a very, very serious weapon. He starts shooting, and I happened to have been a few feet away from him. As he was s
26 April 2026 at 07:19

Man held after shooting at White House correspondents’ dinner – as it happened

By: Rick Goodman (now) and Lauren Gambino (earlier)

26 April 2026 at 07:19

President and other top leaders evacuated from annual dinner after shots fired

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said he was within a few feet of the shooter, and called into CNN to describe his observations.

Blitzer said he saw “a very, very serious weapon. He starts shooting, and I happened to have been a few feet away from him. As he was shooting, of course, the first thing that went through my mind: is he trying to shoot me? And I don’t think he was trying to shoot me, but I was very close to him as the gunshots were fired and he was very, very scary. But I’m OK, now.”