The annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner was thrown into chaos on Saturday night time when gunshots have been heard outdoors the ballroom the place President Donald Trump, first girl Melania Trump and lots of administration officers have been attending the occasion.
The gunman by no means made it to the ballroom on the Washington Hilton; he was subdued by regulation enforcement after sprinting by a safety checkpoint. But the room was quickly cleared and Trump didn’t return to the dinner.
NCS’s Wolf Blitzer was outdoors the ballroom when he saw the gunman opening fireplace only a few toes away. Blitzer was among the many dozens of attendees who took cowl as regulation enforcement swarmed.
“The gunshots were so loud, so frightening, that it scared all of us,” Blitzer stated. “We had no idea what was going on.”
The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, was charged Monday with trying to assassinate the president. Allen, a 31-year-old from California, has not yet entered a plea within the case.
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