This is the shocking moment that PresidentDonald Trumpwasrushed off stage after shots werefired at theWhite House Correspondents’ Dinneron Saturday evening.
Trump and first ladyMelania Trumpwereevacuated from the event after a series of shotswere heard inside the Washington Hilton, where the event was taking place.
Secret Service agents got Trump and others off the stage, while guests dived for safety as the chaotic scenes unfolded inside the hotel’s ballroom.
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Shouts of “stay down” could be heard as attendees hit the floor and hid under tables for cover.
The president took to social media afterward, saying that a shooter had been apprehended, and that he had experienced “quite an evening.”
It was the first time Trump had attended the event as president, and the first time he had been in a decade.