Suspect ‘armed with knives and guns’ charged after shooting at White House correspondents’ dinner - follow live

President and other top leaders evacuated from the annual dinner after shots fired Suspect in custody after Trump evacuated in shooting incident White House correspondents’ dinner shooting – what we know Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said he was within a few feet of the shooter, and called into CNN to describe his observations. Blitzer said he saw “a very, very serious weapon. He starts shooting, and I happened to have been a few feet away from him. As he was shooting, of course, the first thing that went through my mind: is he trying to shoot me? And I don’t think he was trying to shoot me, but I was very close to him as the gunshots were fired and he was very, very scary. But I’m OK, now.” Continue reading...

Lauren Gambino · Sat, Apr 25, 2026, 8:48 PM
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Suspect ‘armed with knives and guns’ charged after shooting at White House correspondents’ dinner - follow live

President and other top leaders evacuated from the annual dinner after shots fired

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer said he was within a few feet of the shooter, and called into CNN to describe his observations.

Blitzer said he saw “a very, very serious weapon. He starts shooting, and I happened to have been a few feet away from him. As he was shooting, of course, the first thing that went through my mind: is he trying to shoot me? And I don’t think he was trying to shoot me, but I was very close to him as the gunshots were fired and he was very, very scary. But I’m OK, now.”

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