Holocaust Museum gunman James Von Brunn kicks the bucket in prison!
What a great start to the day! Holocaust Museum gunman James Von Brunn kicks has died in prison! According to Fox News, a government official says Holocaust museum shooter James Von Brunn died in a prison hospital. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, says von Brunn died at a federal complex in Butner, North Carolina.
Von Brunn, 88, opened fire inside the Holocaust Museum in the nation’s capital in June 2009, fatally shooting a security guard before other officers returned fire.
He had been awaiting trial for the killing of security guard Stephen T. Johns at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10.
Officials at the prison hospital had previously said chronic medical problems had complicated a psychiatric evaluation for the suspect, a white supremacist who prior to the shooting had written racist and anti-Semitic screeds on the Internet.
Law enforcement officials said von Brunn had a history of virulent racism, ties to white supremacy groups and a criminal record that includes a 1981 bid to seize Fed board members.A guard captured him outside the room where the board was meeting. He had a revolver, sawed-off shotgun and k
