The day was overwhelmingly dominated by the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Early reports (Spiegel, Welt) described gunshot-like sounds, Trump being evacuated by the Secret Service, and a suspect arrested. By mid-morning, details emerged: the suspect was a 31-year-old Californian, and Trump called him a 'wannabe murderer' (Bild). Throughout the day, coverage focused on security lapses (Spiegel, FAZ, Zeit) and the suspect's anti-Trump manifesto (Tagesspiegel, Bild). The Iran war briefly resurfaced with claims of an Iranian jet penetrating US air defenses (merkur.de), but the shooting remained the central story. The 40th anniversary of Chernobyl received some coverage (FAZ, TAZ, Neues Deutschland) but was overshadowed.