Secret Service Agent Shot at White House Correspondents’ Dinner: Trump

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said the suspect was being charged and would be arraigned on Monday.

President Donald Trump takes questions during a press briefing at the White House shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington on April 25, 2026. Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images

A Secret Service agent was shot but survived an attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, President Donald Trump said during a press briefing after the incident.

“One officer was shot, but saved by the fact that he was wearing an obviously, a very good bulletproof vest,” Trump said from the White House briefing room. “He was shot from very close distance with a very powerful gun.”