WATCH: White House officials giving briefing on shooting at correspondents dinner

Officials from the White House are set to speak shortly following a shooting outside the hotel where the annual dinner of White House correspondents was being held on Saturday night in D.C.

President Donald Trump was uninjured and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated. There did not immediately appear to be any injuries, and one law-enforcement official said a shooter had opened fire.

The suspected shooter is in custody.

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