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Inside the ballroom when gunfire erupted at Washington dinner
Shooting broke out at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday evening at the Washington Hilton, causing President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Vice-President JD Vance to be evacuated from the ballroom by Secret Service agents. The shots were fired during the event, which was had approximately two and a half thousand guests, sending diners diving under tables for cover. BBC Chief North America Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue, who was present at the dinner, described hearing the distinctive low thudding sound of semi-automatic weapons fire and the shattering of glass as pandemonium broke out near the main entrance to...
Apr 19