<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US President Donald Trump has been evacuated from the White House correspondents' Dinner after </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-shooting-live-updates-white-house-correspondents-dinner-latest-news-headlines/4b3f1260-cc1f-4cec-b028-323fcf764920" rel="" target="" title="reports shots were fired at the event"><span>shots were fired at the event</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The security incident forced the cancellation of the gala, which is a highlight of the Washington DC calendar for political figures and journalists alike.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>So who was in attendance at the annual event? </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-shooting-live-updates-white-house-correspondents-dinner-latest-news-headlines/4b3f1260-cc1f-4cec-b028-323fcf764920" rel="" target="" title="'Loud sounds': Trump rushed to safety after shots fired"><strong><span>'Loud sounds': Trump rushed to safety after shots fired</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><span>High-profile officials</span></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>US Vice President JD Vance joined President Trump for the correnspondents' dinner.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>The Associated Press</span></em><span> has reported both Trump and Vance were uninjured during the shooting, which saw authorities swarm the banquet hall and guests ducked under tables by the hundreds.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/donald-trump-shooting-updates-who-was-in-attendance-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/e11f4c90-b9b2-4290-afc1-3832bce53db4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>First lady Melania Trump was also in attendance and appeared to reacted to something in the crowd, </span><em><span>Reuters</span></em><span> has reported.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>FBI director Kash Patel and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth were also in attendance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><span>Notable figures</span></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Erika Kirk, the wife of late political commentator Charlie Kirk who was assassinated at a college event last year, was at the dinner and was seen being consoled afterwards.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian journalist and dating columnist Jana Hocking told social media she was forced to hide under the table at the event.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hocking, who had earlier posted photos of herself getting ready and arriving at the event, wrote on Instagram "I'm ok, we hid under a table."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prominent Washington journalists, including CNN's Kaitlan Collins, were also present at the event.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> 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