White House dinner shooting highlights | King Charles state visit to US to go on as planned after shooting

White House Dinner Shooting Live Updates | Trump gala shooting suspect to be arraigned Monday: prosecutor

The shooting suspect accused of storming the Washington media gala attended Saturday by President Donald Trump will be arraigned in the US capital on Monday, the federal prosecutor said.

The suspect -- who exchanged gunfire with Secret Service agents but was not shot himself -- will appear before a US district judge on Monday.

(AFP)

White House Dinner Shooting Live Updates | Suspect was armed with multiple weapons at WH correspondents' dinner

The suspect in a shooting incident at a high-profile correspondents' dinner attended by President Donald Trump and other senior US officials was carrying guns and knives and was believed to be acting alone, the mayor of Washington said Saturday night.

White House Dinner Shooting Live Updates | Trump describes shooter at media gala as 'lone wolf'

President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the suspected shooter who stormed the White House correspondents' dinner was a "lone wolf."

"In my opinion, he was a lone wolf," Trump said, describing the man as a "whack job" and saying he felt there was no reason to believe the attack was connected to the war in Iran.

White House dinner shooting live updates | PM Modi condemns shooting incident, says, 'Violence has no place in a democracy, must be unequivocally condemned'

White House dinner shooting live updates | I’m Not a Basket Case’: Trump Describes His Mindset After an Evening of Chaos

“I like not to think about it,” he said. “I lead a pretty normal life, considering, you know, it’s a dangerous life. I think I’m, I think I handle it as well — as well as it can be handled.”

He added: “To be honest with you, I’m not a basket case.”

All week long he had been aiming screeds at the news outlets in the room, but now he was praising the reporters before him, complimenting their outfits, using a polite tone of voice and thanking them for their work.

White House dinner shooting live updates | Accused WH correspondents' dinner attacker is tutor, computer programmer from California

Social media posts that appear to match the California man arrested Saturday in the shooting at the White House correspondents' dinner show he is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer.

A May 2025 profile photo of Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, appears to match the appearance of the man in a photo of the alleged attacker being taken into custody that was posted Saturday night by President Donald Trump. The photo, posted to the social networking site LinkedIn, shows him in a cap and gown after graduating with a master's degree in computer science from California State University-Dominguez Hills.

White House dinner shooting live updates | Today's shooting at same location as 1981 attempt on Reagan's life, reports BBC

According to BBC, today's shooting incident took place at the Washington Hilton on Connecticut Avenue - the same hotel in which Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in 1981.

White House dinner shooting live updates | UK's Starmer 'shocked' by shooting at Trump media dinner

 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday he was "shocked" by a shooting at a Washington media gala, adding it was "a huge relief" that President Donald Trump and others were unharmed.

"Any attack on democratic institutions or on the freedom of the press must be condemned in the strongest possible terms," Starmer said on X.

White House dinner shooting live updates | I extend my full support to Donald Trump: Macron

"The armed attack targeting the President of the United States last night is unacceptable. Violence has no place in a democracy. I extend my full support to Donald Trump," France President Emmanuel Macron posted on X.

White House dinner shooting live updates | Meloni expresses solidarity with Trump

"I wish to express my full solidarity and most sincere closeness to President Trump, to First Lady Melania, to Vice President Vance, and to all those present for what happened at last night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. No political hatred can find space in our democracies," Italian PM Giorgia Meloni posted on X.

"We will not allow fanaticism to poison the places of free debate and information. The defense of the culture of confrontation must remain the insurmountable bulwark against every intolerant drift, to safeguard the values that found our Nations."

White House dinner shooting live updates | Law enforcement swarm neighbourhood of shooter: Fox News

White House dinner shooting live updates | Cooperating closely with US on security ahead of King Charles' visit: UK

Britain's ​government remains in close cooperation with U.S. security services ahead of King Charles' visit to ⁠the United States this week, a ⁠senior minister said on Sunday, ‌after a shooting ​at the White House correspondents' dinner.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out of the dinner ​in Washington ⁠by Secret Service agents on Saturday night after a man opened fire on security personnel nearby.

Asked about the ⁠incident ‌on Sky News, Darren Jones, chief secretary to Prime Minister Keir ‌Starmer, said the British government and Buckingham ⁠Palace took the security of King Charles "very seriously", with extensive ‌discussions already underway that would ‌continue over the coming days.

"In ‌respect of His Majesty's ‌visit to the United States next week... our security services obviously remain in close cooperation in ⁠advance ⁠of that," Jones added.

King Charles and his wife, Camilla, are due to arrive in the United States on Monday for a four-day trip that includes a private meeting ​with Trump and an address ​to Congress, marking 250 ​years since the U.S. declaration of independence ​from British rule. (Reuters)

White House dinner shooting live updates | Shooter to be arraigned on Monday: Fox News

The shooter at White House Correspondents Dinner will be arraigned on Monday, Fox News reported. He is facing two preliminary charges of using a firearm and assaulting a federal officer.

White House dinner shooting live updates | 'UAE Strongly Condemns Shooting Targeting US President Donald Trump'

The UAE foreign ministry has released a statement condemning the shooting.

"UAE Strongly Condemns Shooting Targeting US President Donald Trump

The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the shooting which targeted US President Donald Trump, and strongly denounced this deplorable crime.

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) affirmed the UAE's solidarity with US President Donald Trump and his family, as well as with the government and the people of the United States. The Ministry reiterated the UAE's strong condemnation of such criminal acts and its unwavering rejection of all forms of violence, extremism and terrorism aimed at undermining security and stability."

White House dinner shooting live updates | NATO chief condemns "attack" at White House Correspondents' Dinner

"I am shocked by the attack on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Relieved that President Trump, the First Lady and all the guests are safe and sound This was an attack on our free and open societies. We stand for democracy and in solidarity with the United States," NATO General Secretary Mark Rutte has said.

White House dinner shooting live updates | Acting US attorney general says shooting likely targeted Trump administration officials

US Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Sunday ⁠that he believes that the alleged White House ⁠Correspondents' Dinner shooter was ‌targeting Trump administration officials.

"It ​does appear that he did, in fact, have set out to target folks that work in the administration, likely ​including the President," Blanche ⁠told NBC News' "Meet the Press," adding that the suspect likely traveled by train from Los Angeles to Chicago and ⁠then ‌to Washington, D.C.

The suspect will be formally charged in federal ‌court on Monday with assault of a ⁠federal officer and discharging a firearm in an attempt to kill ‌a federal officer, Blanche ‌said. Blanche said the suspect was not ‌cooperating with investigators as of Sunday ‌morning. (Reuters)

White House dinner shooting live updates | Shooting suspect's email being examined to determine motivation

Acting Attorney General Todd blanche has said that emails of alleged correspondents dinner shooter is being examined to try to understand motivation, Fox News reported per Reuters.

White House dinner shooting live updates | Trump says shooting suspect didn't come close to ballroom, per Reuters

President Donald ⁠Trump said in ⁠an interview ‌on ​Sunday on Fox News' "The ​Sunday Briefing" ⁠that the suspected shooter at ⁠the ‌White House Correspondents' Dinner ‌was ⁠stopped by law enforcement ‌and ‌didn't come ‌close ‌to entering the ballroom where ⁠the ⁠event was taking place.

White House dinner shooting live updates | Shooter had a lot of hatred, he was a sick guy: Trump tells Fox News (Reuters)

White House dinner shooting live updates | Trump says shooting suspect wrote anti-Christian manifesto

Donald Trump on Sunday said the suspected gunman who tried to storm a gala dinner that the president attended had written a anti-Christian manifesto.

"The guy is a sick guy," he told Fox News. "When you read his manifesto, he hates Christians."

"His sister or his brother actually was complaining about it. You know, they were even complaining to law enforcement. He was a very troubled guy. (AFP)

White House dinner shooting live updates | Trump reiterates need for new ballroom

White House dinner shooting live updates | Suspect in correspondents' dinner shooting called himself in writings 'Friendly Federal Assassin'

 Suspect in correspondents' dinner shooting called himself in writings 'Friendly Federal Assassin', reported Associated Press.

White House dinner shooting live updates | WHCA president thanks law enforcement after Saturday’s ‘harrowing’ shooting at annual dinner

White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President Weijia Jiang on Sunday (April 26) thanked law enforcement for helping to escort journalists, administration officials and other guests to safety after a shooting at the Washington Hilton, where the annual dinner was taking place.

(PTI)

White House dinner shooting live updates | King Charles state visit to US to go on as planned after shooting

The state visit by Britain’s King Charles III to the US would take place as planned, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday (April 26), following a shooting at a Washington media gala, reports AFP.

White House dinner shooting live updates | Sound of gunfire carries eerie echoes of Reagan's shooting outside same Washington hotel

When President Ronald Reagan left the Washington Hilton Hotel and headed for his waiting limousine on a gray March afternoon, he was exposed for mere seconds. That was all it took for a would-be assassin to take aim and fire, reported Associated Press.