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Sound of gunfire carries eerie echoes of Reagan’s shooting outside the same Washington hotel
Authorities said the suspect fired at least one shot and was quickly subdued after forcing the evacuation of President Donald Trump and other officials.
- On Saturday night, a gunman forced the evacuation of President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton after firing at least one shot before being subdued.
- Forty-Five years earlier, President Ronald Reagan was shot outside the same hotel, making it a recurring target for politically motivated violence and a venue that continues hosting high-profile presidential events.
- Law enforcement identified the suspect as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, who sent writings to family members minutes before the shooting referring to himself as a "Friendly Federal Assassin" and railing against Trump administration policies.
- Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday the gunman likely sought to target the president and administration officials, noting the suspect traveled by train from California through Chicago to Washington.
- Former Secret Service official Stephen T. Colo noted security is more robust today than in 1981, yet "you still deal with the same tension involving politicians and the public's access to them.
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The hotel where Reagan was shot in 1981 becomes a crime scene again | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
The Washington Hilton Hotel, where gunfire broke out Saturday night during a White House correspondents’ dinner attended by President Donald Trump, was also the site of an attempted assassination that left President Ronald Reagan seriously wounded in 1981.
·Honolulu, United States
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The attack at the correspondents' dinner recalls the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan in 1981 at the Hilton.
·Paris, France
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Sound of gunfire carries eerie echoes of Reagan's shooting outside the same Washington hotel
The sound of gunfire at the Washington Hilton Hotel carried echoes of President Ronald Reagan's shooting outside the same hotel more than four decades ago.
·United States
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