US EditionWashington Hilton attack spotlights hotel industry's nagging and costly security problem
The footage shows a leashed police dog following Cole Allen into a side room before he ran through a checkpoint and opened fire, prosecutors said.
- Cole Allen, accused of attacking near the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, criticized weak security at the Washington Hilton.
- His manifesto claimed he expected heavy security but instead found minimal safeguards, allowing him to get close to Donald Trump.
- The incident has renewed concerns in the hotel industry about balancing stronger security measures with guest comfort and privacy.
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Washington Hilton attack spotlights hotel industry's security problem
The suspect charged with storming a security checkpoint and firing a shotgun near the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on Saturday mocked security measures at the Washington Hilton that allowed him to get close to President Donald Trump. "I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo," the hotel guest identified by law enforcement as Cole Allen, 31, said in …
Shooting at dinner attended by Trump spotlights US hotel industry's nagging and costly security problem
The suspect charged with storming a security checkpoint and firing a shotgun near the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday mocked security measures at the Washington Hilton that allowed him to get close to United States President Donald Trump. “I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo,” the hotel guest identified by law enforcement as Cole Allen…
Would-Be Trump Assassin Wasn't Only One Encountering 'Insane' Security Arrangement at Glitzy Dinner
Would-be Trump assassin Cole Allen’s claim that there was extremely lax security at the event he targeted was seemingly substantiated by multiple attendees’ posts to social media. The security presence […] The post Would-Be Trump Assassin Wasn't Only One Encountering 'Insane' Security Arrangement at Glitzy Dinner appeared first on The Western Journal.
Washington Hilton attack spotlights hotel industry's nagging and costly security problem
“I expected security cameras at every bend, bugged hotel rooms, armed agents every 10 feet, metal detectors out the wazoo,” Cole Allen, 31, said in a manifesto ahead of the attack. “What I got," he added, "is nothing.”
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