The WHCA Dinner, or the Press Nerd Prom as many call it, was barely under way when six or more shots were fired. Which led to the Secret Service swarming the ballroom and evacuating President Trump, Melania, and many others.

The Washington Post in all their TDS glory titled the report thusly. 

Trump evacuated from White House correspondents’ dinner after loud noises heard

AYFKM??!! Seriously. Take a look at the photo they use. It is highly evident that the head table began to realize what the hell was happening. Those weren’t loud noises. Those were GUN SHOTS. Yet the Washington Post just had to go there …again. 

President Donald Trump and other guests were evacuated from inside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday evening. Guests said there were several loud noises heard inside the ballroom and many individuals were seen ducking under tables.
Many guests subsequently evacuated the room. This marked Trump’s first time attending the dinner since 2015.

Let’s call this what it is. Yet another MAJOR attempt on President Trump’s life. And guess what? The MEDIA has contributed to this hatred of one man and his family. 

There are many who were in the ballroom tonight who were also in danger, and as such would’ve been horribly bad for this Republic if they too had been caught in the crossfire. 

Vice President JD Vance

Secretary of State Marco Rubio 

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

Secretary of Health And Human Services RFK Jr

Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin

US Attorney Jeannine Pirro

And I’m probably forgetting others. There were over 2,000 people in attendance at this dinner. And that doesn’t include all the many support staff, wait staff, and the kitchen. ALL of whom were in danger by this gunman or gunmen. 

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, inside the Washington Hilton when the gunfire rang out, said he heard about six shots in a tight corridor just outside the ballroom moments after dinner service had begun.

“All of a sudden, I start hearing gunshots in the hall right near me,” he told CNN. “And the next thing I knew, a police officer threw me to the ground and was on top of me.”

Many others, in the ballroom tonight posted from their perspective. 

I am at the #WHCD. I want to thank law enforcement, Capital police. I personally want to thank Steve Scalise who grabbed me into a secure room.

— Jared Moskowitz (@JaredEMoskowitz) April 26, 2026

As we all know, Steve Scalise has too much experience in dealing with getting shot because a Bernie Bro madman decided to shoot up the Congressional Baseball game. Salena Zito has first hand experience at Butler. 

Man the sound of the "pop, pop, pop" shots took me instantly back to those moments in Butler.
A lot rougher than I ever anticipated. https://t.co/6PU7WFL9b8

— ZitoSalena (@ZitoSalena) April 26, 2026

It turns out Erika Kirk was also at the dinner. 

“All the Fox security told everybody to get under the table, and you can imagine 2,000 people in that room really jam packed in,” he added. “There was mass chaos, but within seconds, the entire place was filled with Secret Service, guns drawn, and there were a lot of shaken-up people still.”

Baier continued: “There is a lot of police presence right outside the building. As we were going out, I saw FBI Director Kash Patel and Erica Kirk was being consoled by some of her folks. Obviously, she was very shaken up and she was right next to us and was under the table.

Can you just imagine??!! Here is a President who was nearly assassinated in Butler, PA. And now another attempt on his life. Then there’s Erika whose husband, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated in Utah in September.

This is awful.

Erika Kirk was seen running through backstage at the WHCA Dinner, in tears, saying "I just want to go home."

The amount this poor woman has endured these past seven months is horrible.

I'm sure this just brought all those emotions right back…

Pray for her. pic.twitter.com/1hA0zehu6R

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 26, 2026

Yet the Washington Post described this as …. Loud Noises. 

The shooter has been apprehended according to multiple reports.

NEWS: The attempted shooter at the White House Correspondent's Dinner is 31 year old Cole Tomas Allen from Torrance, California and he is in custody.

— Karol Markowicz (@karol) April 26, 2026

Certain reports are saying he was a teacher. 

Keep in mind, there were protestors outside the venue. Many of them pro-Palestinian. But others I’m sure were just flat out anti-Trump, or were protesting for Iran, against oil, you name it. Was the shooter part of that? 

There are a great many other questions arising from this. Such as, how the hell did the shooter get into nearly the inner perimeter of the event?? Not much further and he would’ve been in the ballroom! 

BREAKING: "The shooter charged the magnetometer closest to the front door… and took a shot at a Secret Service member at the ballroom."@seanhannity describes what he's been told directly from top White House officials in the wake of shots fired at the White House… pic.twitter.com/C2bNPV25up

— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 26, 2026

There will be more to follow. And President Trump is planning a press conference from the White House a bit later on. 

It is a miracle that no one at the WHCA Dinner was harmed during this assassination attempt. 

Feature Photo Credit: President Trump at Butler PA video screenshot of live event via media and AP specifically, editorial use only, cropped and modified