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The assailant has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from Torrance, California, according to The New York Times, citing two law enforcement officials familiar with the matter.

A “visibly shaken” teenage girl who was attending the event with her father was among those sheltering after the shooting, said The Independent’s D.C. Bureau Chief Eric Garcia, who was on the same table.

“I was huddled down with a dad who had brought his daughter. She was visibly shaken up and scared by what had happened.

“She was a teenager. Her dad kept on assuring her and saying nothing bad would happen to her as long as he was there.”

Garcia described the moments after the gunshots were heard.

“Almost immediately after we began hearing pops, everyone began to duck. People were nervous and worried about the worst. This was, coincidentally, the same hotel where 25 years ago, John Hinckley Jr. shot and seriously wounded President Ronald Reagan.

“Cabinet officials began to file out, starting with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, followed by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and EPA director Lee Zeldin.

“Education Secretary Linda McMahon filed out but then came back briefly.

“After the initial shock and terror, reporters began to work the room.”

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said federal charges against the suspect will be filed imminently.

“I expect you will see charges filed shortly,” Blanche told reporters, adding prosecutors would pursue “multiple charges surrounding the shooting, around the possession of firearms, and anything else that we can get on this guy.”

President Trump posted several photos on Truth Social appearing to show the suspect, a shirtless man, being detained inside the Washington Hilton.

President Donald Trump is hosting a press briefing inside the White House shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which led the event to be canceled.

“That was very unexpected but incredibly acted upon by Secret Service and law enforcement,” the president told reporters shortly after 10:30 p.m. He called the response “a very beautiful thing.”

Trump described the assailant as a “thug,” stating that he was from California.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that charges will be filed soon.

The below video appears to show a suspect being detained by law enforcement after shots rang out inside the Washington Hilton.

The Secret Service said in a statement that an assailant has been apprehended.

Video footage shows the moment shots rang out inside the ballroom of the Washington Hilton, where hundreds of officials, journalists and dignitaries were seated for the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

The Independent’s White House Correspondent Andrew Feinberg, who was at the dinner, described the shock and confusion as shots rang out behind the closed door next to his table just minutes after the president and first lady had taken their seats.

“The Color Guard had not been out of the room five minutes when five shots rang out from just behind the door closest to The Independent‘s table.

“I immediately saw something I have never seen in 10 years of covering the President of the United States: Secret Service agents, with weapons unholstered.

“As people began screaming and pulling at each other’s clothes while urging them to ‘GET DOWN, GET DOWN,’ security personnel began slamming the doors to Washington’s largest ballroom.

“I remained sitting, turning my head to the right to see POTUS and others at the head table being hustled out of the room.

“Most of the room was under the table when I saw a line of uniformed and other law enforcement, guns drawn, make their way from a side door into the center of the room.

“Quickly, dignitaries including most of the president’s cabinet were ushered out under guard.”

Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, called for calm after the shooting incident at the Washington Hilton.

“Very thankful to God that President Trump and the First Lady, Vice President Vance and the Second Lady are okay, as well as everyone else attending the dinner,” he wrote on X.

“To the American people, let’s all pray for calmer waters,” he added.

The Secret Service released the below statement at 9:24 p.m.:

The U.S. Secret Service, in coordination with the Metropolitan Police Department, is investigating a shooting incident near the main magnetometer screening area at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The president and the first lady are safe along all protectees. One individual is in custody. The condition of those involved is not yet known, and law enforcement is actively assessing the situation.