United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on the day after the shooting.
Location	United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
Date	June 10, 2009 (2009-06-10) 12:50 p.m.[1] (EDT)
Attack type	Shooting, hate crime.
Weapons	.22-caliber pump action rifle
Deaths	1
Injured	2 (including the perpetrator)
Perpetrator	James Wenneker von Brunn
Motive	Antisemitism, Holocaust denial

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.^[2][3] Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns was shot, and later died from his injuries.

1. ↑ Cite error: The named reference wapothursday was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
2. ↑ "Guard Slain in Museum Shootout ID'd; Gunman Hospitalized". WJLA-TV. 2009-06-10. Archived from the original on 2009-06-13. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
3. ↑ Wilgoren, Debbi; Branigin, William (2009-06-10). "2 People Shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-06-10.