Update: Sunday, 4 PM

“Like you, my wife and I were shocked to hear about the repeated attempt to assassinate President Trump and his wife,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the Start of today’s cabinet meeting. “We were glad that both of them, along with senior U.S. government officials, emerged unharmed. There is no place for violence, not against political leaders and not against anyone.”

“This includes not only the United States; it includes, first and foremost, the State of Israel, from within,” the prime minster added.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were rushed off stage after a gunman opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner by Secret Service agents on Saturday evening.

Reuters reported that ​attendees at the dinner stopped talking and began screaming “Get down, get down!” immediately after the noises were heard.

Secret Service officers in combat gear ran into the dining room, as the President and ​the ⁠first lady had bent down behind the podium before being ​hustled out by officers.

“It was a very, very serious weapon, he starts shooting,” CNN’s Wolf Blitzer told his network that he was just feet away from the shooter. “I happened to been a few feet away from him as he was shooting. And of course, the first thing that went through my mind, is he trying to shoot me?”

About an hour after Trump was ⁠rushed from the event, he posted ​on Truth Social that a “shooter had been ​apprehended.” Adding, “Quite an evening in D.C. Secret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job.”

 

This is a developing story and will be updated when available