President Trump evacuated after security incident at White House correspondents dinner

President Donald Trump and other high-ranking administration officials were abruptly evacuated from the room at the White House Correspondents’ Association annual dinner Saturday night following a security incident.

Secret Service agents swarmed the ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel, where some reporters, administration officials and dignitaries ducked under their tables amid the confusion.

It was not immediately clear what prompted security to stop the event and usher Trump out of the room. Other attendees remain in the ballroom.

Some attendees reported several loud bangs, but were unable to place them or identify the source.

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C., said she was “taken out” of the main ballroom “after the sound of the shots fired.”

“The secret service is now in charge of this building, this hotel,” she said, adding that she’s spoken with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Police Chief Jeffery Carroll.

It was not immediately clear whether shots were fired or where the sound was coming from.

NBC News reached out to D.C. police, the Secret Service and the Justice Department for more information.

The White House Correspondents Association pool reported that members were told to get out of the way outside of the ballroom and several people were seen “screaming and running out.”

“Service is telling us to stay back, but we’re not moving out of the building,” the report said.

Shortly after the incident organizers said the event would resume after an unknown period of time.

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