Just minutes into the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, as President Donald Trump spoke with Oz Pearlman, the celebrity mentalist serving as entertainment for the evening,<\/a> Secret Service stormed the stage. As the hundreds assembled in the room ducked beneath their tables, Trump and those on the dais were quickly removed.<\/p>\n According to the White House press pool, \u201cseveral loud bangs\u201d were heard before Secret Service agents pushed the pool back and screamed, \u201cShots fired.\u201d Shortly thereafter, FBI Director Kash Patel<\/a> was spotted \u201cwalking briskly past the pool.”<\/p>\n Guests take cover during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner<\/p>\n <\/span>Nathan Howard\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n The incident came just moments after \u201cHail to the Chief\u201d played to announce the arrival of Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump<\/a>, who entered and greeted those assembled on the dais. There was White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Vice President JD Vance<\/a>, plus the heads of the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association: Weijia Jiang of CBS News, Jacqui Heinrich of Fox News, and Justin Sink of Bloomberg.<\/p>\n \u201cUSA!\u201d a man started chanting after the president was removed from the building. Some in the ballroom, still full of attendees, began filming the room.<\/p>\n