CNN’s Wolf Blitzer witnesses ‘terrifying’ ordeal as gunman opens fire a few feet away at White House Correspondents’ Dinner | CNN Politics

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer was just a few feet away from a gunman when shots were fired outside the main ballroom at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner. Blitzer had just left the men’s restroom on an upper floor outside the ballroom at the Washington Hilton when he saw a man with “a very, very serious weapon.” “All of a sudden I heard these loud, very loud, very scary gunshots right near me. Next thing I knew, a police officer threw me to the ground and was on top of me,” Blitzer said. The officers took him back in the the men’s restroom where about 15 other men were also taking shelter. The veteran CNN anchor said the gunman was just “a few feet away” from him when the gunfire began. “I had no idea, as I was hearing the gunshots, who this shooter was aiming at, or if he was just trying to scare everybody,” Blitzer said. “And, of course, the first thing that went through my mind was whether he was going to shoot me.” “It was a terrible, very frightening moment for me,” Blitzer added. One person is in custody after a shooting near the screening area at the White House Correspondents Dinner, according to the US Secret Service. “I did see the gunman on th