James von Brunn | |
|---|---|
 Mug shot of von Brunn taken in 2009 | |
| Born | James Wenneker von Brunn July 11, 1920 |
| Died | January 6, 2010 (aged 89) |
| Occupation(s) | Advertising executive and producer, author |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Conviction(s) | Burglary, assault, weapons charges, and attempted kidnapping |
| Criminal penalty | Imprisonment of six and a half years |
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James Wenneker von Brunn (July 11, 1920 – January 6, 2010) was an American man who perpetrated the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2009. Security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns was killed in the shooting, and von Brunn was wounded by two security guards who returned fire. Von Brunn was named the prime suspect in the shooting, and was charged with first-degree murder and firearms violations. While awaiting trial, von Brunn died on January 6, 2010.
Von Brunn was a white supremacist, neo-Nazi[1] and Holocaust denier[1][2] who had written numerous antisemitic essays, created an antisemitic website called The Holy Western Empire,[3] and is the author of a 1999 self-published book, Kill the Best Gentiles, which praises Adolf Hitler and denies the Holocaust, including propagating the belief of a supposed white genocide.[4] After the shooting, traces of his personal writings and works online were deleted from many websites, including AskArt.com, FreeRepublic and his personal user page on Wikipedia where he was indefinitely blocked,[5] the latter said to constitute "a violation of policy of hate speech".[5] He also made posts expressing his opposition to the Iraq War, and felt that the September 11 attacks were an "inside job".[6][7]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Guard Slain in Museum Shootout ID'd; Gunman Hospitalized". WJLA-TV. 10 June 2009. Archived from the original on 13 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ↑ "Gunman, guard shot at Holocaust museum". NBC News. 10 June 2009. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cohen, Noam (11 June 2009). "Traces of Gunman's Online Life Begin to Vanish". The New York Times News Blog. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
- ↑ Sisk, Richard; Kennedy, Helen (11 June 2009). "'Lone gunman' in Holocaust Museum shooting is neo-Nazi James von Brunn, 88". Daily News. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ↑ Breitbart, Andrew (15 June 2009). "Left cries 'racist' in crowded country". The Washington Times. Retrieved 7 January 2010.