Visual Investigations: New Video Analysis Suggests Suspect in Correspondents’ Dinner Attack Fired First
A Times analysis of footage released by the F.B.I. on Thursday night appears to show the assailant shot at a Secret Service officer, who then returned fire.
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May 2, 2026, 1:39 p.m. Eastern time

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New Video Analysis Suggests Suspect in Correspondents’ Dinner Attack Fired First

A Times analysis of footage released by the F.B.I. on Thursday night appears to show the assailant shot at a Secret Service officer, who then returned fire.

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