White House Dinner Shooting: Heroes & Suspect

0:00On April 26, chaos hit the White House correspondence dinner Saturday night when a gunman burst in and started firing just as folks dug into there. First course. Cheryl Hines, there with her husband Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's Health and Human Services Secretary, got lifted over chairs in her heels and... Gown by security rushing them out the back. No one at the top tables got hurt with the whole event shut down fast. Security teams moved quick on the big names, hoisting Vice President JD Vance from his seat and shielding President Trump before escorting him off. Stage. Guests dove under tables, grabbed phones, and got pushed toward exits amid the panic. One officer took a bullet to his vest but bounced back fine, with everyone else safe. Hines posted a video from home still in her fancy dress, calling it a wild moment but saying she and her husband were good and catching up on news. Photos showed her and Kennedy ducking low with a huge detail around them. While others like Stephen Miller protected his pregnant wife during the rush.

1:03The shooter turned out to be Cole Thomas Allen, a 31-year-old teacher from Torrance, California, with no criminal past. He's a sharp guy, cow-tech mechanical engineering grad, masters in computer science, even teacher of the month lately. Cops nabbed him after a shootout, finding a handgun and knives on him. Allen faces heavy charges now, like assault on a federal officer and using a firearm in violence, with possible decades in prison if convicted. Feds raided his folks place after, but he set for court Monday as they dig deeper into what sparked this mess.