{"id":100122,"date":"2026-04-26T16:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T16:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/trump-safe-after-gunman-shoots-at-white-house-dinner"},"modified":"2026-04-26T17:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T17:03:33","slug":"trump-safe-after-gunman-shoots-at-white-house-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/trump-safe-after-gunman-shoots-at-white-house-dinner","title":{"rendered":"Trump Safe After Gunman Shoots at White House Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. <\/strong> <\/span><b>President Donald Trump was uninjured and other top White House officials were evacuated from an annual dinner of the White House Correspondents&#8217; Association on Saturday night after an unspecified threat.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There did not immediately appear to be any injuries, and one law enforcement official said a shooter had opened fire. Authorities said the incident occurred outside the ballroom where Trump and other guests were seated.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear what happened. The event was scrapped and will be rescheduled. The FBI said the shooter is in custody and that its Washington field office is responding to the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Trump struck a somber tone as he addressed reporters at the White House, saying being president is \u201ca dangerous profession\u201d and that attempted violence against him is \u201cpart of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president commended the Secret Service and suggested that the shooter wasn\u2019t close to breaching the ballroom where Trump was seated on stage at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Mozambique<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. President Donald Trump was uninjured and other top White House officials were evacuated from an annual dinner of the White House Correspondents&#8217; Association on Saturday night after an unspecified threat. There did not immediately appear to be any injuries, and one law enforcement official said a shooter had opened fire. 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