{"id":98508,"date":"2026-04-26T03:11:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/taken-offsite-who-was-the-shooter-at-trumps-white-house-dinner-first-image-emerges\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T03:13:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:13:01","slug":"taken-offsite-who-was-the-shooter-at-trumps-white-house-dinner-first-image-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/taken-offsite-who-was-the-shooter-at-trumps-white-house-dinner-first-image-emerges\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Taken offsite&#8217;: Who was the shooter at Trump&#8217;s White House dinner? first image emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>US President Donald Trump was escorted out of the White House correspondents&#8217; dinner following the shooting at the event on Friday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>The suspect \u2013 identified as a 30-year-old male from California \u2013 has been taken into custody by the United States Secret Service.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Trump shared CCTV footage of the incident, in which the suspect is seen running towards the event as security officers take up positions.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>He also shared a photo of the gunman after he was caught by authorities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>    In the photo, the suspect is seen lying on the ground and surrounded by security personnel.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Citing sources familiar with the situation, Fox News reported that the man attempted to go through security with a gun, but was stopped by the Secret Service before entering the ballroom. <!-- -->The suspect has since been taken &#8220;offsite&#8221;.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/> A Fox News reporter reported what he was told directly from top White House officials, &#8220;The shooter charged the magnetometer closest to the front door&#8230; and fired at a Secret Service member in the ballroom.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Also read: Donald Trump evacuated after shooting during White House correspondents dinner<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Trump praised law enforcement in a Truth Social post, saying the &#8220;shooter&#8221; had been captured. He urged to continue the event.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>&#8220;The DC Secret Service and law enforcement did a fantastic job one evening. They acted quickly and bravely. The shooter has been captured, and I have recommended that we &#8220;let the show go on&#8221; but, guided solely by law enforcement.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>They will take a decision soon. Despite that decision, the evening will be very different than planned, and we will obviously have to do it again,\u201d Trump said in his Truth Social post.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>Meanwhile the Secret Service said it is investigating the incident in coordination with the Metropolitan Police Department<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>&#8220;The U.S. Secret Service, in coordination with the Metropolitan Police Department, is investigating a shooting incident near the main magnetometer screening area at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner. <!-- -->The President and First Lady are safe along with all escorts. One person is in custody. The condition of those involved is not yet known, and law enforcement is actively assessing the situation,\u201d the agency said in a social media post on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"41\"\/>Attendees from the main table were escorted down the hall as agents worked to determine if there was any additional threat. Officials have since indicated that there is no threat, and the building is not being evacuated.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"44\"\/>However, the outlet also reported that Trump never left the reporters&#8217; dinner venue and remained nearby due to security fears.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"46\"\/>He was taken to a secure holding area as a precaution and &#8220;he wants the show to go on,&#8221; Fox News reports.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"48\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump was escorted out of the White House correspondents&#8217; dinner following the shooting at the event on Friday.The suspect \u2013 identified as a 30-year-old male from California \u2013 has been taken into custody by the United States Secret Service.Trump shared CCTV footage of the incident, in which the suspect is seen running<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[5845,10697,496,4572,25634,9881,440,1241],"class_list":{"0":"post-98508","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bible-news","8":"tag-dinner","9":"tag-emerges","10":"tag-house","11":"tag-image","12":"tag-offsite","13":"tag-shooter","14":"tag-trumps","15":"tag-white"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98510,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98508\/revisions\/98510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}