Washington ¨C U.S. Secret Service agents bundled Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out Saturday evening at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by a ¡°would-be assassin.¡±
Armed guards opened fire at the gunman who charged through a security checkpoint just outside the ballroom of the hotel where Trump, first lady Melania Trump, senior government officials and hundreds of other black-tie guests had gathered.
People dived under tables in chaotic scenes as Secret Service teams swarmed into the glitzy White House Correspondents¡¯ Association dinner held annually at the Washington Hilton in the U.S. capital.
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