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WASHINGTON – An individual carrying several weapons and wearing body armor rushed toward a security checkpoint during Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, injuring a law enforcement officer in the process, according to President Donald Trump.<\/p>

The incident occurred on April 25th as the annual media event was taking place. Trump disclosed that the suspect was equipped with protective gear and armed with multiple weapons when the confrontation with security personnel took place.<\/p>

Details about the extent of the officer’s injuries and the current status of the suspect have not been immediately released.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An armed individual wearing protective gear rushed a security checkpoint during Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, injuring a law enforcement officer. President Trump confirmed the suspect carried multiple weapons and wore a bulletproof vest during the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":57515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/news-1777173706605.jpg?fit=450%2C270&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-eXG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57544,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/armed-suspect-opens-fire-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner-trump-evacuated\/","url_meta":{"origin":57516,"position":0},"title":"Armed Suspect Opens Fire at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump Evacuated","author":"Admin","date":"April 26, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"An armed gunman breached security at the Washington Hilton during Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, prompting the immediate evacuation of President Trump and his cabinet. 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