Shots were fired at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday. Panic erupted throughout the Washington Hilton hotel on Saturday evening, where the White House Correspondents' Association dinner was being held with President Donald Trump, JD Vance, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Erika Kirk, and several members of Congress. Why? Because just outside the hotel's ballroom where the political figures gathered, shots were fired. According to an eyewitness account shared with People, the shooting occurred at around 8:36 p.m.