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White House Correspondents Dinner shooting chills America as Reagan attack memories return at same Washington Hilton
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Published on 27 April 2026
A shotgun attack echoes Reagan’s 1981 shooting attempt
A shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner forced President Trump to be evacuated after a shotgun-wielding attacker targeted security. The incident has revived chilling comparisons to 1981, when President Ronald Reagan was wounded in an assassination attempt at the same Washington Hilton while leaving an event. The parallels are unsettling for a nation that remembers.
- Trump was evacuated after the attacker targeted security
- A shotgun-wielding suspect sparked the chaos at the event
- The venue echoes Ronald Reagan’s 1981 assassination attempt
- Reagan was wounded while leaving the hotel after an event
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