White House Correspondents’ Dinner Attendees Spotted Taking Bottles of Wine After Shooting

David MorrowApr 27th, 2026, 2:12 pm

Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner made more headlines than anticipated after a man charged past security and fired shots, striking a Secret Service agent who was protected by his bullet-resistant vest. The shooter was quickly apprehended and taken away, but guests at the dinner found themselves in an awkward situation for quite some time, unsure whether they should go about their chatter or remain hiding under tables.

Eventually, the dinner was announced to be ending early, and guests began exiting. Several attendees were spotted nabbing bottles of wine to take with them — waste not, want not, eh? — in clips and screenshots that were quickly posted to social media. Back in the lobby, some screenshots showed people drinking wine straight from the bottles.

Some social media users responded with outrage, asking if anyone could identify the “thieves.” Others lauded them as heroic figures, while some simply thought them rational, pointing out the bottles had been intended to be consumed at the event, and now that the event was being postponed for unexpected reasons, there wasn’t much harm in taking the bottles.

Some users poked fun at the price of the alcohol being served, with one user identifying a bottle of red wine as costing $13.99.

In another semi-viral post, one X user posted screenshots from the live feed of a photographer — since identified as Getty’s Andrew Harnik — going about his picture-taking duties while holding on to what appears to be a glass of neat whiskey. “Absolute power move,” the caption read.

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