How did suspected gunman get weapons into Correspondents' Dinner? Ex-detective questions security failures

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Following a terrifying security breach at the Washington Hilton where suspect Cole Allen opened fire, former D.C. homicide detective Ted Williams joined 'Fox News Live' to analyze how the shooter bypassed outer perimeters and why the overcrowded ballroom left high-profile dignitaries and journalists as 'sitting ducks' during the evacuation. Former D.C. police detective Ted Williams criticized what he described as "lax" security at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner after a frightening incident left one Secret Service agent injured and a ballroom full of journalists and administration officials shaken. "The security there was somewhat lax to some degree, where you had these soft areas," Williams said Sunday. He raised serious concerns about how the suspected gunman, identified as 31-year-old Cole Thomas Allen, a computer scientist fro