Suspected shooter dead in incident outside White House Correspondents Dinner; Trump evacuated

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and other dignitaries were removed by security after an incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night.

A suspected shooter is dead after the incident at the hotel during the dinner, multiple sources told ABC News. The incident occurred outside the security perimeter, the sources said.

This was the first correspondents’ dinner that Trump attended as president. He was scheduled to speak.

Other dignitaries who were escorted out included House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Vice President JD Vance.

White House Correspondents’ Association President Weijia Jiang told the crowd at the Washington Hilton ballroom that the program would continue at some point.

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