WASHINGTON (AP) — An elderly white supremacist stepped inside the crowded U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday, opened fire with a rifle and fatally wounded a security guard before being shot by other officers. The assailant was hospitalized in critical condition, leaving behind a sprawling investigation by federal and local law enforcement and expressions of shock from the Israeli government and a prominent Muslim organization. Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier said the gunman was “engaged by security guards immediately after entering the door” with a rifle. Law enforcement officials said James Von Brunn, 88, a white supremacist, was under investigation in the shooting, and a second official said the elderly man’s car was found near the museum and tested for explosives. Museum officials identified the dead guard as Stephen T. Johns, a six-year veteran of the facility. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Shooter at Holocaust museum fatally wounds guard
June 10, 2009
An Annapolis, Md. fire marshal investigator uses a dog to search a vehicle Wednesday, June, 10, 2009 outside the Annapolis, Md. condominium building believed to be the home of James Von Brunn, an elderly man who allegedly opened fire with a rifle Wednesday at the Holocaust Museum in Washington.
