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Suspected Gunshots Disrupt White House Correspondents' Dinner

Suspected gunshots briefly disrupted the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, prompting security agents to rush guests to safety as authorities moved to secure the area. Early accounts from journalists inside the venue describe confusion in the ballroom after several loud bangs were heard, triggering an immediate security response.

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Loud bangs trigger security response

A White House pool reporter said several loud bangs were heard inside the hotel ballroom during the event.

Moments later, members of the United States Secret Service rushed into action with guns drawn, shouting “shots fired” as they moved people away from the area.

Pool reporters said they were quickly pushed back and held by Secret Service personnel while agents worked to secure the scene.

While reporters were being held, some overheard agents saying that a suspected gunman had been taken into custody.

Guests crouch as chaos unfolds

Images taken inside the Washington Hilton, where the dinner is traditionally held, showed guests crouching or taking cover after the sounds were heard.

Security personnel were seen helping some attendees evacuate from the ballroom as the situation unfolded.

Several prominent figures were present at the event. The pool report said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was seen limping as he moved through the area, while Jeanine Pirro was escorted past reporters by security.

FBI director shielded companion

Among those seated near the disturbance was Kash Patel, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

A journalist seated nearby said Patel reacted immediately when the sounds were heard. According to the account, he covered his girlfriend with his body and dropped to the ground as the situation unfolded.

After several minutes, one of Patel’s security agents signalled to other agents in the room that the FBI director was safe.

As guests began cautiously standing again, Patel was seen sending messages on his phone.

When reporters attempted to ask him what had happened, he was quickly escorted out of the room by security.

Investigation continues

Authorities have not yet publicly confirmed the source of the loud bangs or whether shots were actually fired.

However, agents at the scene indicated that a suspected shooter had been detained as security continued to manage the situation.

Officials are expected to provide further details once the incident has been fully assessed.

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Adapted by ASEAN Now. Compiled from various sources 26 April 2026

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CallumWK Diamond Member

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2 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

You are right, it had nothing to do with Trump, that the event was at his hotel was just a coincidence.

He should only be charged with illegally discharging a firearm.

Nothing to see her lefties...

HIS hotel. Does Trump own the Washington Hilton hotel, or is this just one of your other multiple lies?

In read there was a shooting in Pattaya, about 15km from where I live, so I guess it was a violent MAGA trying to assassinate me.

So again, can you without deflecting tell us how close he got to the ballroom, and how many layers of security he had to pass before he even would get close?

Roadsternut Gold Member

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13 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Gunman dead

Correct, not sure why that erroneous report has not been removed.

Yellowtail Star Member

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4 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

HIS hotel. Does Trump own the Washington Hilton hotel, or is this just one of your other multiple lies?

In read there was a shooting in Pattaya, about 15km from where I live, so I guess it was a violent MAGA trying to assassinate me.

So again, can you without deflecting tell us how close he got to the ballroom, and how many layers of security he had to pass before he even would get close?

His meaning the shooter's hotel. Again, what I said was: You are right, it had nothing to do with Trump, that the event was at his hotel was just a coincidence.

He should only be charged with illegally discharging a firearm.

See? I am agreeing with you, it was just a coincident that the event, and Trump, were at the shooter's hotel. You are right, take the win.

Yellowtail Star Member

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3 minutes ago, Roadsternut said:

Correct, not sure why that erroneous report has not been removed.

Yet number of people called me a liar for repeating it.

CallumWK Diamond Member

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3 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

His meaning the shooter's hotel. Again, what I said was: You are right, it had nothing to do with Trump, that the event was at his hotel was just a coincidence.

So now the Hilton was the shooters hotel?

Maybe try to lay off the booze or weed, maybe then you can comprehend your own postings.

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nick supreme Gold Member

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2 hours ago, Hummin said:

Seems there is the mental illnesss month on this forum, but those who shout loudest do not realise where they really fit in themselves.

That’s deep.

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18 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

HIS hotel. Does Trump own the Washington Hilton hotel, or is this just one of your other multiple lies?

In read there was a shooting in Pattaya, about 15km from where I live, so I guess it was a violent MAGA trying to assassinate me.

So again, can you without deflecting tell us how close he got to the ballroom, and how many layers of security he had to pass before he even would get close?

I’m not following. What are you trying to say?

Yagoda Star Member

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26 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

How close did he get to the ballroom, that was my question, not anything of the drivel you posted?

Whatever it was, you can put that on your Defense inferences card and make yourself look stupid in front of the jury as you argue that being stopped 50 feet away means he really wasnt trying to do it LOL

There are so many other inferences you can try to raise. Did he have anti technology writings? Was he trying to shoot the magnometer then?

nick supreme Gold Member

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1 hour ago, Hummin said:

Well if there is leftists behind these attempts, they are truly the most stupid idiots who ever lived, because for every attempt, they making Trump stronger, and his followers.

Stop killing the president!

Anyone with a functioning brainstem understands that this act wasn’t orchestrated by the left. It’s clearly the work of MAGA forces. They are collaborating with the CIA and are behind the staged assassination attempts on Trump, aiming to divert attention from the Epstein files.

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5 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Whatever it was, you can put that on your Defense inferences card and make yourself look stupid in front of the jury as you argue that being stopped 50 feet away means he really wasnt trying to do it LOL

Lying again, you seem to have a habit of that.

He was stopped 50 YARDS away, at the first of TEN security layers he had to pass

Yellowtail Star Member

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2 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

Lying again, you seem to have a habit of that.

He was stopped 50 YARDS away, at the first of TEN security layers he had to pass

So you are in the it was staged camp, yes?

nick supreme Gold Member

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1 minute ago, Yellowtail said:

So you are in the it was staged camp, yes?

It was 100 percent staged.

Roadsternut Gold Member

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11 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

There are 23 members of the Trump Cabinet. Aside from Vance, Bergum, Wright, Rubio, Hegseth, and Kennedy, which members of the US Cabinet attended?

And how is it different from the previous Biden and Obama dinners which also included VPs, and cabinet secretaries?

The obvious major difference is that the United States is now at war with a country it accuses of being the main sponsor of international terrorism. That should have sparked some prudent precautions reguarding line of succession; ie the President, Vice President and Speaker cannot be in the same room during non-US government events like this.

If the worst had occurred, then 93 year old Chuck Grasseley would now be sworn in. The Secret Service does have Continuity of Government protocols, and there have been previous security crack downs that has affected who from the government has attended.

The US has been naive for too long in the hosting of these types of events.

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4 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

Lying again, you seem to have a habit of that.

He was stopped 50 YARDS away, at the first of TEN security layers he had to pass

Technically the at the second, he ran past the first layer, who looked to be on their break.

Yagoda Star Member

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2 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

Lying again, you seem to have a habit of that.

He was stopped 50 YARDS away, at the first of TEN security layers he had to pass

Wow. Does that change the inference?

How was I lying when I said "Whatever it was" lol. I reckon Englsih isnt your first language.

Anyway, do you condemn the actions of this gunman whatever they might be?

Do you think, in light of the published circumstances, that he was targeting someone inside that 50 yard security perimeter?

shdmn Platinum Member

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The heroes we need in times like these.

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Yellowtail Star Member

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4 minutes ago, Roadsternut said:

The obvious major difference is that the United States is now at war with a country it accuses of being the main sponsor of international terrorism. That should have sparked some prudent precautions reguarding line of succession; ie the President, Vice President and Speaker cannot be in the same room during non-US government events like this.

If the worst had occurred, then 93 year old Chuck Grasseley would now be sworn in. The Secret Service does have Continuity of Government protocols, and there have been previous security crack downs that has affected who from the government has attended.

The US has been naive for too long in the hosting of these types of events.

But because it was all staged, there was never any danger.

Yellowtail Star Member

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4 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Wow. Does that change the inference?

How was I lying when I said "Whatever it was" lol. I reckon Englsih isnt your first language.

Anyway, do you condemn the actions of this gunman whatever they might be?

Do you think, in light of the published circumstances, that he was targeting someone inside that 50 yard security perimeter?

It proves it was all fake, and that the shooter did not even know that Trump was at his hotel. The shooter was mad about the turndown service and was in the lobby to shoot the head of housekeeping.

CallumWK Diamond Member

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2 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Wow. Does that change the inference?

How was I lying when I said "Whatever it was" lol. I reckon Englsih isnt your first language.

You were lying by intentionally saying 50 foot, which would mean he was close to the ballroom. He was away 50 yards, and had to pass 8 more of armed security levels

Yagoda Star Member

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11 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

You were lying by intentionally saying 50 foot, which would mean he was close to the ballroom. He was away 50 yards, and had to pass 8 more of armed security levels

Got it, thanks for answering the questions.

11 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

It proves it was all fake, and that the shooter did not even know that Trump was at his hotel. The shooter was mad about the turndown service and was in the lobby to shoot the head of housekeeping.

A hero of the revolution.

I think I like the theory that its a false flag operation like they do over at the SPLC

Yellowtail Star Member

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16 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

You were lying by intentionally saying 50 foot, which would mean he was close to the ballroom. He was away 50 yards, and had to pass 8 more of armed security levels

So was it fake, or was he trying to get to the president?

Yagoda Star Member

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27 minutes ago, shdmn said:

The heros we need in times like these.

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Looks more like he is guarding his wife as they flee AWAY from the shooting LOL.

So pathetically typical of the Dems and their allies

Yellowtail Star Member

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4 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Looks more like he is guarding his wife as they flee AWAY from the shooting LOL.

So pathetically typical of the Dems and their allies

Hey, be nice, some leftist went through the video frame by frame to get it, and that the best they could come up with.

Rhys Platinum Member

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Waiting for the inside LEGO report...5555

Roadsternut Gold Member

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1 hour ago, Yellowtail said:

Yet number of people called me a liar for repeating it.

As I said on the other thread (not sure why threads aren't merged) there is natural confusion after a chaotic series of events. Facts on the ground will change. People probably shouldn't be certain they know what happened.

Ah diddums. You've dished out worse at times. Own it.

shdmn Platinum Member

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53 minutes ago, nick supreme said:

Anyone with a functioning brainstem understands that this act wasn’t orchestrated by the left. It’s clearly the work of MAGA forces. They are collaborating with the CIA and are behind the staged assassination attempts on Trump, aiming to divert attention from the Epstein files.

If any of the attempts were done by someone on the left, they probably would have succeeded. Like the guy who shot Charlie Kirk for example, although that guy was also a right-winger at one time from what I read, as is his entire family.

Rhys Platinum Member

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Seems a bit crafted...How shall this unfold...

Yellowtail Star Member

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2 minutes ago, Roadsternut said:

As I said on the other thread (not sure why threads aren't merged) there is natural confusion after a chaotic series of events. Facts on the ground will change. People probably shouldn't be certain they know what happened.

Ah diddums. You've dished out worse at times. Own it.

Do you believe it was staged?

Do you believe it was probably staged?

Mine was the first post in the thread, and the topic was:

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Roadsternut Gold Member

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3 hours ago, candide said:

An interesting aspect of this research is that 20.3% of respondents identifying as right of center think it's justified to kill Trump! 😂

The fact that they summed all replies from 2 to 7 on the Likert scale (which is unusual) probably leads to overestimating this pattern.

https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/Assassination-Culture.pdf

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Forget right, left, centre, this is what Rowan Williams was driving at in his observations.

I’m rather old-fashioned in believing in the Devil. I actually do believe that there are malign forces in the universe and that people who may not have consciously malign or diabolical designs can be manipulated and exploited by those destructive forces.’ ‘The Devil is at work in you and me. The Devil is at work in every institution. ‘The demonic is the erosion of standards of truthfulness in public life and the normalisation of violence in word and deed.’

Yagoda Star Member

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3 minutes ago, shdmn said:

If any of the attempts were done by someone on the left, they probably would have succeeded.

Yeah right, true believers in the 2nd. Like the Antifa guy that couldnt clear a jam in Texas was it? Like that dude that could even make an easy shot in Butler. Its not like the old days when the Leftist loons had Marine training.

6 minutes ago, shdmn said:

Like the guy who shot Charlie Kirk for example, although that guy was also sort of a right-winger at one time from what I read, as is his entire family.

Thats how he learned to shoot, before he was seduced into the violent Transtifa cult.

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