A suspect allegedly attempted to assassinate President Trump for the third time at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, according to accounts of the event. Video of the shooting has since been examined from multiple angles.

Opinion columnist David Brooks described the event in the context of broader violence in public life. "I look at it as part of a climate of rising violence, both against -- obviously against Donald Trump, but against all of us, against a climate of verbal violence that seems omnipresent," Brooks said.

Jonathan Capehart, who was inside the ballroom, recounted his reaction when the shots rang out. "When I heard the five bangs, I remember hearing five very loud bangs, my immediate action was so instinctive, drop to the floor under the table and be quiet," Capehart said. He has attended the dinner at least a dozen times since 2000.

Conspiracy theories circulated following the incident that the shooting was a staged event to distract from Trump's low approval ratings or to support his argument to build a ballroom. Video of the shooting has been reviewed from multiple angles as investigators and others sought to assess what occurred at the dinner.