The suspected shooter ‘was very fast and they just stopped him cold,’ Trump said.
The suspected shooter attempted to storm the ballroom of the event before he was tackled to the ground by security personnel.
The suspect likely traveled from Los Angeles to Chicago and then to the District of Columbia by train, the acting attorney general said.
The suspect will be arraigned on Monday, the Justice Department said.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said the suspect was being charged and would be arraigned on Monday.
The president later confirmed that one Secret Service agent had been shot during the incident, but is ‘doing great.’
The suspected shooter ‘was very fast and they just stopped him cold,’ Trump said.
The suspected shooter attempted to storm the ballroom of the event before he was tackled to the ground by security personnel.
The suspect likely traveled from Los Angeles to Chicago and then to the District of Columbia by train, the acting attorney general said.
The suspect will be arraigned on Monday, the Justice Department said.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said the suspect was being charged and would be arraigned on Monday.
The president later confirmed that one Secret Service agent had been shot during the incident, but is ‘doing great.’