Overview
- The Secret Service evacuated President Donald Trump and the first lady Saturday after gunfire at a Washington Hilton security checkpoint halted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
- Agents detained the suspect at the scene and officials identified him as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, who arrived with a shotgun, a pistol, and multiple knives.
- Federal prosecutors announced charges that include using a firearm during a violent crime and assaulting a federal agent with a dangerous weapon.
- A Uniformed Division agent was shot in the chest but his ballistic vest stopped the round, and officials say he is in good spirits as the FBI works to determine the motive.
- Roughly 2,600 attendees took cover as the dinner was suspended, with Trump later posting images of the suspect’s restraint, and authorities now reviewing security at the hotel long linked to the 1981 Reagan shooting.