Suspect sprinted 60 feet, reached staircase to correspondents’ dinner ballroom ^8.2%

The Washington Post - By Joyce Sohyun Lee, Samuel Oakford, Emily M. Eng, Simon Ducroquet, Sarah Blaskey - 4/26/2026, 5:36 PM

Framing Effect 56.3% - Appeal to Authority 56.3% - Availability Heuristic 40%

Suspect sprinted 60 feet, reached staircase to correspondents’ dinner ballroom The alleged gunman at the White House correspondents’ dinner raced through a magnetometer before being apprehended, a Post analysis of visuals reveals. By Joyce Sohyun Lee, Samuel Oakford, Emily M. Eng, Simon Ducroquet and Sarah Blaskey more