United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting was a shooting at that nation's memorial to The Holocaust in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2009. Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns was shot, and later died from his injuries.

The suspect

Suspect James Wenneker von Brunn was charged in federal court on June 11, 2009, with first-degree murder and firearms violations. On July 29, 2009, von Brunn was indicted on seven counts, including four which made him eligible for the death penalty. In September 2009, a judge ordered von Brunn to undergo a competency evaluation to determine whether or not he could stand trial. While awaiting his trial, von Brunn died on January 6, 2010 of congestive heart failure caused by sepsis at the age of 89.

Attack
According to the six-page indictment, von Brunn entered the building and shot Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, who died from his injuries. Von Brunn was a white supremacist and Holocaust denier who had been arrested and convicted for entering a federal building with various weapons in 1981 while trying to place the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, who he considered to be treasonous, under citizen's arrest.

References

Other websites
 "Kill the Best Gentiles!", James von Brunn's book
 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum official website
 "In Memoriam: Stephen Tyrone Johns" , by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
 Voices on Antisemitism interview with Scott Simon , by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
 Criminal Complaint U.S. v. von Brunn (June 11, 2009), by FindLaw
 "James Von Brunn: An ADL Backgrounder Beliefs and Activities" , by the Anti-Defamation League
 Statement by Erik von Brunn, by ABC News

Category:Murders by firearm in the United States
Category:2009 in Washington, D.C.
Category:June 2009 events