What the records say
- When
- 10 Jun 2009
- Kind
- Shooting
- Coordinates
- 38.89° N, 77.03° W
- Description
- An 88-year-old man opens fire at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., killing a security guard.
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting
2009 terrorist attack in Washington, D.C.
At approximately 12:50 p.m. on June 10, 2009, 88-year-old James Wenneker von Brunn entered the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., with a slide-action rifle and fatally shot Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other special police officers returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
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