Overview
- Prosecutors in Washington said Monday the defendant faces attempted murder of the president, firearms use in a violent crime and assault on a federal officer, and a judge ordered him held.
- A heavily armed man rushed a Secret Service access point outside the Washington Hilton ballroom Saturday night and opened fire, striking an agent whose body armor stopped the round as President Trump and other officials were evacuated.
- Investigators searched a home in Torrance, California, linked to the detainee, and early statements from the Justice Department point to government officials as the likely targets, but motive and a formal ID remain unconfirmed by authorities.
- Officials say the attacker was a hotel guest carrying a long gun, a handgun and knives, drawing scrutiny to screening that began at the ballroom doors rather than at entry to the hotel.
- The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an annual media‑politics gala at the same hotel where President Reagan was shot in 1981, was halted as guests sheltered under tables and organizers weighed a new date.