Overview
- Gunfire at the Washington Hilton forced Secret Service to evacuate the head table, and agents detained a suspect identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California.
- A Secret Service agent was shot in the chest but protected by a bullet-resistant vest, and video showed agents forming a tight stage perimeter before escorting President Trump out.
- Trump said the scare proves the need for a fortified White House ballroom with bulletproof glass and drone defenses.
- Conservative officials and commentators publicly backed the push, while critics said Trump was using the shooting to promote the $400 million project.
- The plan faces a federal lawsuit over authority to rebuild the East Wing site, and a judge has limited construction as appeals move forward, with the design pitched as a 90,000-square-foot, privately funded hall seating 999.