United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on the day after the shooting.
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| Location | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. |
| Date | June 10, 2009 12:50 p.m. (EST) |
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Attack type
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Shooting, hate crime |
| Weapons | .22 caliber rifle |
| Deaths | 1 |
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Non-fatal injuries
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2 (including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | James Wenneker von Brunn |
| Motive | Hate crime |
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, at 12:50 p.m. Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns was shot, and later died from his injuries. 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 natural causes.
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 previously 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.
At about 12:49 p.m., 88-year-old James von Brunn drove his car to the 14th Street entrance of the museum. Von Brunn entered the museum when Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns opened the door for him. Authorities said he raised a .22-caliber rifle and shot Special Police Officer Johns, who later died of his injuries at the George Washington University Hospital. Two other Special Police Officers stationed with Officer Johns, Harry Weeks and Jason "Mac" McCuiston, returned fire, wounding von Brunn with a shot to the face. According to police officers at the scene, a third person was injured by broken glass but refused treatment at the hospital.
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