Overview
- A gunman opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C., triggering an evacuation that included President Donald Trump, and one law enforcement officer was shot but survived.
- Dana White, who was in the ballroom, later said the ordeal was “f*cking awesome” and called it a wild, unique experience.
- Retired UFC welterweight Matt Brown said there is nothing awesome about an active shooter, calling White’s phrasing tone-deaf and disrespectful.
- Brown’s view stems from firsthand experience at the 2004 Alrosa Villa concert shooting in Columbus, Ohio, where he saw police officer James Niggemeyer kill the gunman after multiple people were murdered.
- Authorities arrested the alleged shooter, 31-year-old Cole Allen, and charged him with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump.