Dinner attendees ducked under tablespublished at 01:55 BST
Daniel Bush
Washington correspondent, at the dinner
There is widespread confusion inside the ballroom at the White
House Correspondents Dinner here tonight after a security incident interrupted
the program a few minutes ago.
Dinner attendees ducked under tables as what sounded like gunshots
rang out somewhere nearby the ballroom where the dinner is taking place at the
Washington Hilton.
President Donald Trump was quickly escorted out of the room by
secret service agents. Soon after, senior administration officials including
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth were also escorted out by their security
security details.
After a chaotic few moments dinner guests emerged from beneath
dinner tables and started taking stock of the situation.
This is the first security breach at the dinner in recent memory,
if ever. It was also the first time Trump attended the event as sitting
president.
