During the White House Correspondents' Association dinner held at the Washington Hilton, a shooting incident occurred as a gunman attempted to breach the venue, reportedly targeting members of the Trump administration, including President Donald Trump. The acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, stated that the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, 31, from Torrance, California, will be charged in federal court with assaulting a federal officer and discharging a firearm. Allen had traveled by train to Washington, D.C., where he checked into the hotel hosting the event. Amid the chaos, loud bangs were heard, prompting immediate evacuation of Trump and other officials by Secret Service agents. Trump later praised the law enforcement response, stating that the shooter had been apprehended and expressed a desire for the evening's festivities to continue, albeit altered due to the incident. He reflected on the moment the shots were fired, initially mistaking the noise for a dropped tray, while his wife, Melania, recognized it as a shooting. The motivation behind Allen's actions remains unclear.