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The firing incident at the Hilton Hotel in Washington created a stir when the ‘White House Correspondents’ Dinner’ was being organized there. US President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and many big leaders were present in this program. After the incident, questions have started being raised regarding the security of the President.

It is being told that more than 2600 people were present in the hotel at that time. Suddenly a sound like gunshots was heard, after which there was chaos in the entire hall. It has also been claimed in the video that loud explosions were heard. A photographer has also confirmed hearing 4 to 6 loud sounds.

As soon as the voices came, the Secret Service personnel immediately came into action. He immediately bent Trump down and secured him under the table and then took him out from there. During this time, an alert was given to alert the guests also. Many people hid under the table to save their lives, while the hotel staff was seen running outside. Melania also looked quite nervous during the entire incident.

Following reports of shots fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, reports say that the US Secret Service now has a suspect in custody. Footage here shows the moment the purported shots were fired.
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Many people including Vice President JD Vance were evacuated safely.

According to reports, these sounds came from the room above the dinner hall. After the incident, the police took immediate action and arrested the suspect. However, it is not yet clear what was the motive of the attacker and how did he reach the hotel with the weapon. During this, many big leaders including Vice President JD Vance, RFK Jr., Doug Burgum and Marco Rubio were also asked to lie on the ground under security and later they were taken out safely. Other cabinet members were also taken to a safe place. As soon as information about the firing was received, the entire hotel was evacuated and security was increased around it. The police also instructed the people present outside the hotel to stay away.

Investigation into the incident continues

According to a person close to Trump and media reports after the incident, the President is completely safe. Trump later said that the event would be organized again. At present the investigation is going on and security agencies are trying to find out how this incident happened and what was the reason behind it.

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US President Donald Trump, while talking to the media at the White House on Saturday (April 25, 2026), gave information about the firing incident that took place during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. He told that as soon as the incident happened, he and other big leaders were immediately taken out from there. Trump said the attacker had multiple weapons and fired from very close range. He said that this incident happened suddenly and the attacker involved was a dangerous person, who had come with the intention of attacking alone. According to Trump, the man had reached the security checkpoint and was trying to attack there.

Trump said that a security officer was also shot during the incident, but he was wearing a bulletproof jacket, due to which his life was saved. Trump told that he talked to that officer and he is fine now and his morale is also strong. Trump also said that the place where this program was taking place was not completely safe. He said that in future there should be a more secure place for such big programs. For this reason, he talked about building a new, bigger and safer ballroom in the White House, which would be bulletproof and more secure.

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The program will be organized within 30 days

Praising the security agencies, Trump said that the Secret Service and the police worked very quickly and brought the situation under control. Trump also said that the attacker was arrested and the investigating agencies are gathering more information about him.

Trump also mentioned the earlier attacks on him and said that this is not the first time such an incident has happened. He said that when a person is influential, he can become the target of such attacks. After this incident, Trump appealed to all the people to resolve their differences peacefully. He said that people of different ideologies can live together and this is the strength of democracy. In the end, Trump said that due to this incident the program remained incomplete, but he wants to organize it again. He said that this dinner will be held again within the next 30 days and this time it will be organized in a better and safer manner.

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