Secret Service agent hospitalized after being shot in protective vest at WHCD: report
Source: Raw Story
April 25, 2026 10:26PM ET
A law enforcement agent was reportedly hospitalized after being shot by a gunman who stormed the entrance to the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night.
CNN's John Berman reported that the shooter injured a law enforcement agent. Fox News host Sean Hannity also reported that a Secret Service agent was shot while the shooter stormed the entrance.
The shooter has since reportedly been identified as a 30-year-old man from Los Angeles, according to CNN law enforcement analyst John Miller. Law enforcement said they have him in custody.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/white-house-correspondents-dinner-2676815181/?utm_source=superhead
Short article at post time. CNN was apparently reporting "on the air" and may have it as a "Live Updates".
Lovie777
(23,321 posts)I refuse to listen nor watch them.
EarthFirst
(4,202 posts)Its for the homeland
Hugin
(37,933 posts)I suppose it could be.
Hugin
(37,933 posts)Its no surprise that something bigly happened at the WHCD. Hannity is crowding Geraldo and the vaults.
Strictly tabloid teevee these days.
Pathetic.
BumRushDaShow
(171,101 posts)and most of your Cabinet, ALL gathered together in what appeared to be a lightly-secured "public" facility, then you know that something is not adding up.
Hugin
(37,933 posts)He really wants that ballroom.
BumRushDaShow
(171,101 posts)cstanleytech
(28,545 posts)yardwork
(69,504 posts)BumRushDaShow
(171,101 posts)but given the event and the politicos who were scheduled to be in attendance, AND given the threats to those people over the past couple years, EVERY entrance should have had some kind of security posture.
I've stayed at the Washington Hilton many years ago and more recently stayed at the Capitol Hilton. You would think that maybe a month or so ago, people were asking why Vance wasn't in some of the "war meetings" and their answer was that they "didn't want the President and Vice President in the same room" as an excuse... yet here they are with not only both top executives BUT many of the cabinet AND members of Congress, all together in one place (basically for a photo-op).
Hell... there are more ICE goons swarming the streets, breaking into cars to snatch people out, and ramming through doors to kidnap people from their homes, who could have actually been stationed there "for protection".
Yonnie3
(19,538 posts)I've been looking for an official source that actually says the agent was shot by the shooter with no luck so far. Trump said an agent was hit, but we all know how facts don't matter to him.
paleotn
(22,501 posts)Given a rapid, confusing situation and the fact that bullets simply go where they're aimed. Accidents happen.
Wonder Why
(7,181 posts)and they apparently weren't good shooters.
LeftInTX
(34,657 posts)Agent probably got a blowback injury, but was able to return fire.
https://www.wesh.com/article/white-house-correspondents-dinner-raw-footage-shooting/71128403
I could be wrong....
perdita9
(1,357 posts)The observer won't believe the scam is real unless someone actually gets 'hurt'
GreenWave
(12,721 posts)Blumancru
(287 posts)No one was shot. These are crisis actors, they hire them from the same place they got them for the Battle of Butler. (Sarcasm alert).
popsdenver
(2,457 posts)pointed out that he was some "Crazy guy from California".... He never misses a chance to hammer a Blue State/Blue City....