{"id":64706,"date":"2026-04-26T08:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=64706"},"modified":"2026-04-28T06:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T04:51:51","slug":"new-assassination-attempt-against-trump-during-a-gala-dinner-in-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/04\/26\/new-assassination-attempt-against-trump-during-a-gala-dinner-in-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"New assassination attempt against Trump during a gala dinner in Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, US President Donald Trump suffered what appears to be another assassination attempt.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/07\/14\/donald-trump-suffers-an-assassination-attempt-during-a-rally-in-butler-pennsylvania\/\">Donald Trump suffers an assassination attempt during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/16\/trump-survives-two-assassination-attempts-as-activism-devours-journalism\/\">Trump survives two assassination attempts as activism devours journalism<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred during a dinner with correspondents at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. <em>\"<strong>Chaos erupted at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner when gunshots were heard and President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed out<\/strong> of the Washington Hilton ballroom Saturday night,\"<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/trump-attends-white-house-correspondents-dinner-for-first-time-as-president#post-86557fd\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The gunshots can be heard in this video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@fox5ny\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FOX 5 New York<\/a>, which was broadcasting the event live. <strong>Three shots are heard at 1:32:05 in the video<\/strong> (the video is embedded to start playing at that point), <strong>after which Secret Service agents burst into the room to evacuate the president and first lady:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8uSmW0EKTK8?si=QKB8Pa5jDD6zJTvu&amp;start=5524\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At 3:32 a.m. CET, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIWFO\/status\/2048213683583562054\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the FBI has reported<\/a>: <em>\"The FBI Washington Field Office's National Capital Response Squad has responded to <strong>a shooting at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. The subject is in custody<\/strong>.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Three hours ago, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116468650367386223\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump posted a video on Truth Social<\/a> <strong>in which we see the shooter bursting into the Washington Hilton and firing several shots<\/strong> at officers in one of the security cordons protecting the event:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zcgVgZivwD\">pic.twitter.com\/zcgVgZivwD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2048228609488310665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Three hours ago, <strong>Trump posted two photos on Truth Social (<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116468652963767750\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116468652052256305\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>) of the arrested shooter<\/strong>, whom we see on the ground in handcuffs, surrounded by Secret Service and FBI agents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55230904413_406637b35a_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55230904413_ec140a15f7_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55230904408_3e5441fa86_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55230904408_f93ee2f81e_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At 4:49 CET, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/alandete\/status\/2048232980934443112\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">from Washington DC, Spanish journalist David Alandate reported<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>FBI Director Kash Patel tells us that Secret Service agents saved hundreds of lives<\/strong> in the room we were in, given the amount of ammunition and weaponry with which the attacker stormed the building.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At 6:10 a.m. CET, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecretSvcSpox\/status\/2048253372797473147\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Secret Service released a statement<\/a> signed by its director, Sean M. Curran, saying: <em>\"<strong>Tonight we saw exactly what our brave men and women do each and every day to protect our protectees.<\/strong> It's not easy, and I will tell you that they performed admirably. We got to see what they do. <strong>And that individual, when he charged a checkpoint, was apprehended.<\/strong> It shows that our multi-layered protection works. And I'm grateful to our partners that help assist us with building these sites and protecting these sites.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At 6:13 a.m. CET, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DCPoliceDept\/status\/2048254210622341411\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Washington DC Police Department reported that a suspect is in custody and is believed to have acted alone<\/a>. <em>\"<strong>Two firearms and multiple knives have been recovered. A Secret Service Uniformed Division officer was injured<\/strong> and transported with non-life threatening injuries.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/trump-attends-white-house-correspondents-dinner-for-first-time-as-president\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News has reported that the detainee is Cole Allen, 31, a resident of Torrance, California.<\/a> The FBI has arrived at the detainee's home and established a perimeter around it, ensuring that no one enters or leaves and awaiting a court order to enter.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8uSmW0EKTK8\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FOX 5 New York<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, US President Donald Trump suffered what appears to be another assassination attempt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10373],"tags":[9189,26874,10431,22294,2207,26873],"class_list":["post-64706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-donald-trump","tag-sean-m-curran","tag-united-states","tag-us-secret-service","tag-washington-dc","tag-washington-hilton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}