India, April 27 -- A journalist has raised an alarm over "staggering" security failures at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD). He claimed he unknowingly spent the night in a hotel room next to the alleged shooter at the Washington Hilton.

The account was published by Hugh Dougherty of The Daily Beast with details of how he returned to his room after the shooting, only to find law enforcement blocking access to the room adjacent to room 10235.

Dougherty started his account after the shooter was neutralized after he finally clicked many pictures and wanted to retire to his room.

"When I walked down the darkened, sinuous corridor to room 10235, one door short of the very end, I was stopped by a polite man in a suit and an earpi...