US EditionJimmy Kimmel jokes about Melania Trump in White House Correspondents’ Dinner parody before shooting incident
A Secret Service agent was shot but protected by a bulletproof vest, and officials said the suspect was armed with guns and knives.
- On Saturday, April 25, 2026, an armed assailant disrupted the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton when Cole Tomas Allen, 31, attempted to breach a security checkpoint and fired at Secret Service agents before being apprehended.
- Just two days prior, Jimmy Kimmel aired a mock monologue on his late-night show calling First Lady Melania an "expectant widow," a remark critics later condemned as inflammatory given the ongoing climate of political threats.
- President Trump credited Melania for being "very cognizant" and identifying the gunfire as a "bad noise" before Secret Service agents successfully evacuated the President, Melania, Vice President JD Vance, and other senior officials without additional casualties.
- Calls for ABC and The Walt Disney Company to fire Kimmel intensified after President Trump and Melania condemned his monologue as "corrosive," with Melania describing the rhetoric as symptomatic of "political sickness" in America.
- Facing federal charges including attempted homicide, Cole Tomas Allen remains in custody as the third serious threat against the President in under two years has sparked renewed debate over security protocols and inflammatory political rhetoric.
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