From: The Times of Israel May 23, 2025
Security lapses in D.C. museum killings Failure at the Capital Jewish Museum Washington D.C.

‘He never should have made it inside that building’ The timeline of the attack is relatively clear and, to security analysts, troubling:

According to reports, the attacker shot his victims, the couple Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, on the street outside the museum as the event, organized by the American Jewish Committee, was winding down.

He then walked inside the museum, where an eyewitness said organizers offered him water and he remained for around 10 minutes until police arrived and he confessed to the shooting.

Both elements of the incident — that the attacker was able to reach his victims outside the event and then proceed inside for an extended period of time — indicate missteps, according to security professionals.

Paul Goldenberg, the former head of the Secure Community Network, which coordinates security for Jewish institutions nationwide, said:
His behavior was almost literally screaming that there’s an issue here,”

Goldenberg said that in a widely circulated video of the suspect entering the building, he appeared nervous and disheveled, with jerky movements.

After the shooting, Gurwitz and the museum’s board said in a statement they were “heartbroken by the murders,” vowing to reopen in the coming days “with all necessary security in place.”