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Guests under the tables… Shooter detained at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Secret Service personnel evacuated the US President from the in Washington on Saturday evening while a loud sound of gunshots was heard, according to what eyewitnesses and Agence France-Presse reporters reported.
Guests who were attending the dinner party rushed to take cover under the tables after hearing the sounds of shots, while security men were stationed with their pistols drawn around the stage where Sits before being taken out.
Police surrounded the Washington Hilton Hotel, which was hosting the party, and helicopters flew overhead.
A joint press report, quoting the Secret Service, stated that the shooter was in custody.
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