Suspect ‘armed with knives and guns’ charged after shooting at White House correspondents’ dinner – live
Apr 25, 2026
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 f
eet 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.” Continue reading...
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