United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
'Lone wolf' terrorists elusive target for police
Jun 13, 2009 22:09 EDT
'Lone wolf' terrorists considered harder to stop than members of broader terror networks. An elderly man enters a crowded museum carrying a rifle and begins shooting. A young man in Arkansas pulls the trigger outside a military recruiting office. Another man opens fire in a Kansas church.
Gunman kills guard at U.S. Holocaust Museum
Jun 12, 2009 09:37 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An elderly gunman linked to an anti-Jewish website killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Wednesday and was wounded when guards returned fire, officials said.
Security a constant worry for US Holocaust museum
Jun 12, 2009 08:08 EDT
Faced with threats, US Holocaust museum has focused heavily on security since inception. Armed guards, metal detectors and X-ray machines greet visitors to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Traffic barriers keep away trucks like the one that blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Slain security guard remembered as 'teddy bear'
Jun 11, 2009 22:37 EDT
Slain Holocaust museum guard remembered as 'teddy bear' who went out of his way for others. As an elderly white supremacist approached the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, security guard Stephen T. Johns unknowingly held open the door ? a final act that friends and family said Thursday was typical of his kindness for others.
US museum shooter son slams father's 'cowardice'
Jun 11, 2009 20:00 EDT
The son of white supremacist James von Brunn, who shot a guard at the entrance of Washington's Holocaust museum this week, slammed the "cowardice" of his father's actions on Friday.
US museum shooter could face death penalty
Jun 11, 2009 20:00 EDT
An elderly self-avowed white supremacist who strode into the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and gunned down a security guard could be sentenced to death, officials said here.
Holocaust shooting signals race turmoil, some say
Jun 11, 2009 19:34 EDT
Holocaust museum shooting signal of increasing violence from threatened whites, some say. Crazies. Lone nut jobs. Isolated loonies. Those are frequent descriptions of people like James von Brunn, the 88-year-old white supremacist accused of opening fire at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and killing a black guard.
Gunman kills guard at U.S. Holocaust Museum
Jun 11, 2009 13:46 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An elderly gunman linked to an anti-Jewish website killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Wednesday and was wounded when guards returned fire, officials said.
Murder charges filed in museum shooting
Jun 11, 2009 13:16 EDT
Federal murder charges filed against white supremacist in Holocaust Museum shooting. Authorities are charging an 88-year-old white supremacist with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum.
Fenty: Law enforcement saved many lives at museum
Jun 11, 2009 13:07 EDT
DC Mayor Fenty: Authorities spared 'countless' lives during shooting at Holocaust Musem. The mayor of the District of Columbia is proclaiming the capital city still an "open and safe" place to visit for tourists in the wake of the deadly Holocaust Museum shooting.
Senate pauses to mourn slain museum guard
Jun 11, 2009 12:22 EDT
Senate pauses Thurs. to mourn Holocaust museum guard slain in 'horrifying tragedy'. The Senate has opened its session with a tribute to the Holocaust Museum guard slain at his post by a gunman. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called it a "terrible and horrifying tragedy."
Fenty: Law enforcement saved many lives at museum
Jun 11, 2009 12:19 EDT
DC Mayor Fenty: Authorities spared 'countless' lives during shooting at Holocaust Musem. The mayor of the District of Columbia is proclaiming the capital city still an "open and safe" place to visit for tourists in the wake of the deadly Holocaust Museum shooting.
Authorities: Gunman to be charged with murder
Jun 11, 2009 12:18 EDT
US Authorities: Suspected Holocaust Museum gunman to be charged with murder. District of Columbia officials say an 88-year-old white supremacist will be charged with murder in connection with a deadly shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum.
Official wanted vests for Holocaust museum guards
Jun 11, 2009 11:33 EDT
Union official says he sought vests for Holocaust museum guards; they weren't issued. A union official says he asked for protective vests for guards at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum two years ago, but they never got them.
Clinton condemns Holocaust museum shooter
Jun 11, 2009 11:15 EDT
Clinton condemns DC Holocaust museum shooter, says heart goes out to slain guard's family. A union official says he requested that U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum guards be equipped with protective vests during contract negotiations two years ago, but they were never issued.
Holocaust museum: security training stopped attack
Jun 11, 2009 07:33 EDT
Holocaust museum head says security training helped stop attack, honors officer who died. The director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum says their security training helped save lives when guards quickly shot an elderly gunman who opened fire with a rifle.
Shooting suspect's history of seething anger
Jun 11, 2009 06:50 EDT
Holocaust museum shooting suspect has a history of seething anger as white supremacist. A frustrated artist and an angry man, the suspect in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting once tried to kidnap members of the Federal Reserve board, a "caper" thwarted when a guard captured him outside a board meeting carrying a bag stuffed with weapons.
Holocaust Museum no stranger to anti-Semitism
Jun 11, 2009 03:28 EDT
Holocaust Museum has attracted anti-Semitism, hatred from its inception. From its inception, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has brought haters to its doors, with several dozen people protesting the 1993 dedication carrying signs such as, "Stop the big lie ? the gas chamber hoax!"
FBI, police probe deadly US museum shooting
Jun 10, 2009 20:00 EDT
The Holocaust Memorial Museum here flew its flags at half-mast Thursday mourning the death of a security guard killed in an attack by an elderly white supremacist who is to be charged with murder.
US museum shooter may face death penalty
Jun 10, 2009 20:00 EDT
An elderly white supremacist could be sentenced to death for gunning down a security guard at the Holocaust Memorial Museum here, where flags flew at half-mast Thursday to mourn the slain officer.
