President and other top leaders evacuated from the annual dinner after an unspecified threat
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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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/apr/26/donald-trump-evacuated-from-white-house-correspondents-dinner-after-loud-bangs-heard-live
Author : Lauren Gambino
Publish date : 2026-04-26 02:44:00
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