Donald Trump and other dignitaries have been hustled out of the White House Correspondents Dinner after shots were fired.

As guest at the event leap under tables under orders from the Secret Service, POTUS, the First Lady, the Vice President, mentalist  Oz Pearlman, WHCA boss Weijia Jiang were hauled out of the ballroom. Heavily armed guards jumped up on the stage of the usually locked down event. The whole fast moving scene was captured on the C-SPAN cameras live.

Cutting into an interview from the ballroom floor with Jake Tapper, CNN say that “the President is safe.”

In the Washington Hilton ballroom, Deadline’s Ted Johnson says “I heard what sounded like four shots, and it seemed to come from the hall just outside the ballroom near my table.”

Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s security told CNN live on air that there was a shooter in the lobby and he is dead. The White House Pool Report from Jeff Mordock of the Washington Times has said that they “just heard Secret Service say alleged shooter is in custody.”

CNN, MS Now, the BBC, Fox News and C-SPAN are all reporting that cabinet secretaries like Marco Rubio and high ranking members of Congress were moved out quickly. However, most of the guests are still in the room.

Many individuals are exiting the area, but an announcement from the stage is that the “program will resume shortly.” It is unclear what that means and if Trump will be returning.

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