Shooting Suspect was Would-be Assassin, Trump Says

US President Donald Trump speaks flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Trump said that adding that the man was “armed with multiple weapons”

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that the suspect behind a shooting incident at a media gala in Washington was a “would-be assassin,” adding that the man was “armed with multiple weapons.”

The man charged past a security checkpoint, Trump told a press briefing at the White House, adding: “One officer was shot but saved by the fact that he was wearing a, obviously, a very good bulletproof vest.”

“We looked at all of the conditions that took place tonight, and I will say, you know, it’s not a particularly secure building,” the US leader added.

( Source : AFP )