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How did the White House correspondent dinner shooter gain access to the building?
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0.4%
Event staff. Eg. Catering, general security for event
0.3%
Correspondent. Eg. Journalist, comedian
0.4%
Guest of an invited person
0.3%
Politician, staff of politicians
98%
Illegal entry/snuck in
0.4%
Member of someones Security
0.4%
Other

Resolves according to when we get more information.

If more than 1, can resolve to %.

If they faked credentials, eg. Faked being a catering staff, would resolve illegal entry rather than catering staff.

  • Update 2026-04-25 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): - Storming an entry without gaining significant access would still resolve as illegal entry

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The video I found on wikipedia shows the guy sprinting past security.

If they stormed an entry and didn't get far that would be illegal entry

@Jack1 If they didn't get past security, how would this resolve

@Qoiuoiuoiu Illegal Entry /snuck in still

@Jack1 Technically "the building" is a massive commercial hotel though. I assume this means like vaguely into the ballroom area/entrance part? I'm not really sure about the security rules for the actual entire building itself. Also, if they were like actual event staff, but then illegally tried to sneak in a shotgun with valid credentials (seems unlikely anyway), would this resolve YES to both "Event Staff" and "Illegal entry/Snuck in"?

@Dssc the second one would be event staff

@Jack1 the type of situation in imagining is one where the shooter legally entered the hotel itself, retrieved the firearm from inside the hotel, and then tried to illegally breach the ballroom entrance. Technically they would’ve entered the building legally, but I assume it would still resolve to illegal entry?

@Dssc Yes because that’s the closest option. None of the others would make sense as a resolution