Those inside the ballroom for the White House Correspondents dinner provided reaction to a shooting that led to an officer being injured, a suspect being arrested, with Trump and guests evacuating.
0:00 – 2:33 White House Correspondents dinner shooting scene and reporters reaction
2:34 – 3:30 USA TODAY reporter on White House Correspondents dinner shooting
3:31 – 4:02 CNN’s Wolf Blitizer says he was close to gunman at time of shooting
4:03 – 5:29 Actor Zachary Levi on WH press dinner shooting
5:30 – 6:06 Dana White says tables were flipped over, called shooting ‘crazy’ experience
6:07 – 6:23 Stephen A. Smith ‘heard a pop’ during shooting
6:24 – 7:42 USA TODAY correspondent Susan Page left to wonder about shooting suspect’s motivation
See photos from the event: https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2026/04/25/trump-evacuated-white-house-press-dinner-incident-photos/89803200007/
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It’s sad that this happened again. Pray for our country.
Glad everyone is ok
People need to stop making excuses and normalizing this behavior. Just because you don’t like the President doesn’t give you the right to wish he was dead. Democrats were in the room also and they could’ve gotten hurt too. Its time to put your hatred aside.
4:02 Zack wasn’t ready 😂
I didnt like stephen A. before. I mean, wow bud. Canada must be proud
Trump can pull all kind of fake stunts…but on Jan.6 2021 when he incited an insurrection. This convicted felon criminal wanted to overthrow the government.
And on that day when people were threatened and killed, Trump called it “a day of love”.
So staged