Gunman Detained, Trump Evacuated After Shooting at Press Dinner

US authorities are charging a gunman in a shooting at the hotel that hosted the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, an incident that forced President Donald Trump to be rushed from the stage and the event to be postponed.

Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said Saturday the suspect is being charged with using firearm in a crime of violence and assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon. The alleged gunman — identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California — was taken to a local hospital to be evaluated and is expected to be arraigned on Monday, authorities said. A Secret Service agent was shot but the round hit his bulletproof vest and the officer “will be fine,” Pirro said.