Trump rushed off stage at White House Correspondents' Assn. dinner; reports of gunshots - BERITAJA

WASHINGTON — President Trump was evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Assn. meal connected Saturday evening aft an incident led to a information consequence and reports that gunshots were fired.

A Times newsman attending the meal was forced to shelter successful a restroom. He said he heard about 4 to 5 gunshots about 8:30 p.m. Eastern time. He said information told him that the personification whitethorn person had a firearm. It was unclear whether the personification was dormant aliases wounded.

A statesmanlike motorcade was spotted extracurricular the Washington Hilton edifice astatine about 8:45 p.m., though Trump’s location is yet unknown.

At about the aforesaid time, an ambulance arrived connected segment arsenic about 100 arena attendees were escorted retired of the secured event. The bulk of the attendees are still wrong the hotel.

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