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Media dinner shooting suspect wrote about targeting of administration officials, Trump says

April 26, 2026

The accused gunman who tried to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives left writings that called for the targeting of Trump administration officials, President Donald Trump said Sunday. Trump said the family of the suspect in the Washington media gala shooting raised concerns about him to Connecticut police ahead of the event.

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