Kash Patel reacts to White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting after suspected gunman left him off manifesto

Posted on April 28, 2026
By The Independent
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A security breach during the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington D.C. resulted in an attempted attack by a suspect who was quickly neutralized by Secret Service personnel. The incident, which occurred at the prestigious event attended by top government officials and media representatives, highlighted unprecedented security vulnerabilities. Remarkably, FBI Director Kash Patel noted the perpetrator's manifesto excluded him from targeted officials, describing the situation as extraordinarily unprecedented and beyond typical fictional scenarios.

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Kash Patel reacts to White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting after suspected gunman left him off manifesto

Kash Patel has reacted to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, calling it “something the movies don’t even write about”. On Saturday (25 April), a suspected gunman attempted to storm the black tie event at the Washington Hilton hotel at 8:30pm, with shots fired before he was apprehended by the Secret Service. Nobody was injured. Speaking to Fox News on Monday (27 April), the FBI director said: “This was almost the entirety of the president's cabinet. The president and vice president himself and 2000 members of the media. This is something the movies don't even write about.” In a manifesto allegedly belonging to suspect Cole Allen, the 31-year-old said he planned to attack Trump administration officials, prioritizing them from highest-ranking to lowest but excluding Patel, a law enforcement official told Reuters.