A shooting at the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton forced the evacuation of Donald Trump, Melania Trump, and other officials.
Authorities say the suspect, Cole Thomas Allen, was heavily armed and exchanged fire with police before being arrested. Investigators believe he may have planned an attack on government officials based on a manifesto. Trump later called him a “lone wolf” and praised Secret Service response as a success.
Attention also turned to the location itself: the same hotel where President Ronald Reagan was shot in the 1981 assassination attempt.
Online users quickly noted the historical coincidence, calling it eerie that both incidents happened at the same venue.