Gunshots erupted and suspect is in custody after a shooting occurred at the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was supposed to be held on Saturday (April 25).
Donald Trump was one of many evacuated from the ballroom at the Washington Hilton after shots were heard in the lobby.
So many members of the press were in attendance, but CNN journalist Wolf Blitzer happened to be “right near” where the shots were fired, outside of the event space. He got on the phone with CNN during the aftermath to reveal what he saw.
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“All of a sudden I heard these loud, very loud, very scary gunshots right near me. Next thing I knew, a police officer threw me to the ground and was on top of me,” he recalled to his network.
He claimed the shooter was “a few feet away” when the shots erupted.
“I had no idea, as I was hearing the gunshots, who this shooter was aiming at, or if he was just trying to scare everybody. And, of course, the first thing that went through my mind was whether he was going to shoot me,” Wolf added. “It was a terrible, very frightening moment for me.”
“I did see the gunman on the ground after he started shooting. Police officers threw him to the ground but he was still shooting. And I could hear the shots going off,” he said.
If you did not see, the suspect has been identified.