Guests grab wine and champagne after WHCA dinner shooting

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27 Apr 2026 • 10:40 PM MYT
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Footage appears to show several guests taking wine and champagne from empty tables at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner following the shooting on Saturday (25 April).

A suspected gunman attempted to storm the black tie event at the Washington Hilton hotel at 8:30pm, with shots fired before he was apprehended by the Secret Service.

Hundreds of reporters, gathered for the annual dinner, ducked for cover.

The suspected shooter has been identified as 31-year-old California man Cole Tomas Allen.

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