{"id":606749,"date":"2026-04-26T03:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/606749\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T03:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:16:08","slug":"trump-uninjured-suspect-in-custody-after-shooting-at-press-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/606749\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump uninjured, suspect in custody after shooting at press dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jane Norman<br \/>Washington Bureau Chief<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/statesnewsroom.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">States Newsroom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump was declared safe by the Secret Service after being evacuated from the White House Correspondents Dinner at a hotel in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night after shots apparently were fired.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said the president would deliver a statement in the briefing room at the White House later Saturday night. In a social media post, Trump said he was in \u201cperfect condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesman, said in a statement on social media the incident occurred near the main magnetometer screening area at the dinner. \u201cThe president and first lady are safe along (with) all protectees,\u201d he said. \u201cOne individual is in custody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An initial press pool report from the hotel after the shooting occurred said \u201cThere was several loud bangs and the Secret Service with guns drawn rushed the pool out of the room. (The) Secret Service pushed us back screaming \u2018Shots fired.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jacqui Heinrich of Fox News said on social media shortly after 9 p.m. Eastern that she was behind the podium with other guests, \u201cin a hold,\u201d and Trump was still down the hall and did not want to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself confirmed that in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuite an evening in D.C. Secret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey acted quickly and bravely. The shooter has been apprehended, and I have recommended that we \u2018LET THE SHOW GO ON\u2019 but, will entirely be guided by Law Enforcement. They will make a decision shortly. Regardless of that decision, the evening will be much different than planned, and we\u2019ll just, plain, have to do it again. President DONALD J. TRUMP\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Wolf Blitzer said on air that he heard \u201ca really loud blasting away\u201d and the next thing he knew he was being pushed to the floor by police. \u201cI was just a few feet away from the gunman, and it was a really scary moment,\u201d Blitzer said.<\/p>\n<p>The annual formal dinner, at the Washington Hilton Hotel, is hosted by an organization made up of journalists who cover the White House. Trump\u2019s invitation to the event had been controversial given his frequent personal attacks on reporters and the news media in general.<\/p>\n<p>The Hilton was also the site of another attack on a president when on the afternoon of March 30, 1981, gunman John Hinckley shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan while he was leaving the hotel. Reagan recovered after a stay in the hospital. Reagan\u2019s press secretary, James Brady, also was wounded.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the shooter\u2019s motive and plan were not immediately clear, but if the shooter was targeting Trump it would be the third attempt on his life.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was injured in an assassination attempt during a campaign stop in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. Another suspected assassin was arrested near Trump\u2019s home in Florida on Sept. 15 of that year.<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking report that will be updated.<\/p>\n<p>Reprinted with permission <a href=\"http:\/\/newjerseymonitor.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey Monitor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Jane NormanWashington Bureau ChiefStates Newsroom President Donald Trump was declared safe by the Secret Service after being&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-606749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}