Gunman bum-rushes security checkpoint at WHCA dinner, does not get into ballroom

[Bob F]

Cole Allen, of Torrance, Calif., is seen dashing towards the room, and did get off a shot at a Secret Service agent (saved by their bulletproof vest) before being subdued:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3LzB81gh18 (link, obviously well after the event as Tom Llamas is still in his tux while reporting)
B

[Mark Jeffries]

11:02 p.m. ET, interrupting local news in the Eastern and Central time zones (and I assume the bulletin was flagged so that the affiliates would pick it up, even if it screwed up the A block of their newscasts).

Mark Jeffries
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[Kevin M. (RPCV)]

Too bad there weren’t any actual journalists or reporters on scene to investigate what actually occurred. 

[Bob F]

They aren't expected to. Whackjobs aren't a usual feature of these.     B

Kevin M, to Mark Jeffries and moi, April 26th: