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Shots Fired At White House Correspondents Dinner, Trump Evacuated, Guests On The Floor
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<a href="https://deadline.com/tag/donald-trump/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Donald Trump</a> and other dignitaries have been hustled out of the White House Correspondents Dinner after shots were fired.<br />
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As guest at the event leap under tables under orders from the Secret Service, POTUS, the First Lady, the Vice President, mentalist Oz Pearlman, WHCA boss Weijia Jiang were hauled out of the ballroom. Heavily armed guards jumped up on the stage of the usually locked down event.<br />
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In the Washington Hilton ballroom, Deadline’s Ted Johnson says “I heard what sounded like four shots, and it seemed to come from the hall just outside the ballroom near my table.” <br />
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Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s security told CNN live on air that there was a shooter in the lobby and he is dead. The White House Pool Report from Jeff Mordock of the Washington Times has said that they “just heard Secret Service say alleged shooter is in custody.”</span></div>
