{"id":138888,"date":"2026-04-26T04:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/trump-confirms-shooter-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-in-custody\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T04:03:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T04:03:11","slug":"trump-confirms-shooter-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-in-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/trump-confirms-shooter-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-in-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump confirms shooter at White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner in custody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, April 25 (Xinhua) \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday that the shooter at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner is in custody.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuite an evening in D.C. Secret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job. They acted quickly and bravely. The shooter has been apprehended,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n<p>In another post later, Trump said that \u201claw enforcement has requested that we leave the premises, consistent with protocol, which we will do, immediately,\u201d noting that \u201cThe First Lady, plus the Vice President, and all Cabinet members, are in perfect condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner will be rescheduled within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Secret Service said in a post on X that it is investigating \u201ca shooting incident near the main magnetometer screening area\u201d at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, in coordination with the Metropolitan Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President and the First Lady are safe along (with) all protectees,\u201d the statement said. \u201cOne individual is in custody. The condition of those involved is not yet known, and law enforcement is actively assessing the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been evacuated from the Dinner after what appears to be a security incident at the event, according to a live broadcast on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees were seen on the live broadcast ducking around their tables and taking cover. Multiple news outlets reported that gunshots were heard in the ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>This would mark Trump\u2019s first time attending the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, April 25 (Xinhua) \u2014 U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday that the shooter at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner is in custody. \u201cQuite an evening in D.C. Secret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job. They acted quickly and bravely. The shooter has been apprehended,\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138888\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}