We were there: Hearing gunfire and ducking for cover at the D.C. gala shooting
WASHINGTON — Directly outside the Washington Hilton ballroom, as the yearly White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner got underway Saturday, a Times reporter had just entered the men’s room when he heard a handful of loud pops ring out. “Shooter!” someone shouted. “Get down! Shots fired!” Inside the ballroom, thousands of journalists and politicians began to duck for…