(The Center Square) – President Donald Trump was rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Saturday night after shots were fired at the event.
Early news reports from the scene indicated Trump is unharmed and the person who fired the shots is in custody.
The Center Square’s White House Bureau Chief Sarah Roderick-Fitch was in attendance at the event and said she heard a loud noise before attendees started screaming. Secret Service agents then stormed the room and began escorting people out, Roderick-Fitch said.
Roderick-Fitch said she saw Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being escorted out as well.
Senior Congressional Correspondent for Scipps News Nathaniel Reed, posted on social media the White House pool report from Jeff Mordock that said “there was several loud bangs and the Secret Service with guns drawn rushed the pool out of the room.”
The event took place in the Washington, D.C. Hilton, less than 2 miles from the White House.
This is a developing story.
