Gunfire disrupts WH dinner; President Trump safe, suspect in custody

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were ​rushed out of the White House Correspondents' Association ​dinner by Secret Service agents on Saturday night after a man armed with a shotgun ​tried to breach security, officials said. The armed man fired at a Secret Service agent, an FBI official told Reuters. The agent was hit in an area covered by protective gear and not harmed, the official said. All federal officials, including Trump, were safe. About an hour after Trump ‌was rushed from the ⁠event, he ⁠posted on Truth Social that a "shooter had been apprehended." "Quite an evening in D.C. Secret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job," Trump added.
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