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Shooting outside White House Correspondents’ Dinner injures Secret Service agent as gunman is caught
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Published on 26 April 2026
Bulletproof vest likely saved the agent, but why
A gunman opened fire outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton, injuring a Secret Service agent. The agent was wearing a bulletproof vest and is expected to be fine. Police apprehended the shooter, who was taken to hospital. President Trump said the event should continue as normal amid the incident’s shock.
- Gunfire erupted outside the Washington Hilton during the dinner
- A Secret Service agent was injured while wearing a bulletproof vest
- The suspected shooter was apprehended and hospitalized
- President Trump urged the event to continue
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