Shooting at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A lone gunman wounded a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday before being injured by return fire, according to police and a museum statement.
The suspect was identified as James von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist from Maryland, two law enforcement officials told CNN.

Gunfire at the entrance of the museum wounded at least two people Wednesday, emergency officials said.

A private security guard and the shooting suspect were wounded, according to officials of the Washington police.

Sgt. David Schlosser, a spokesman for U.S. Park Police, told reporters a man armed with a "long gun" entered the museum at 12:50 p.m. and fired at a security officer, and both were wounded in the exchange of gunfire.

"My understanding is that two other security officers at the museum returned gunfire at the man that had entered the museum," Schlossersaid he didn't know exactly what kind of firearm the man had and whether the shooting was before or after he passed through a metal detector.

Both Schlosser and the museum statement said the wounded security guard and the gunman were transported to George Washington University Hospital. There was no immediate information on their conditions.

Emergency vehicles converged on the scene near the National Mall.
The FBI said it will be assisting in the investigation.

"The Federal Bureau of Investigation has sent members of its National Capital Response Squad, including agents and team members on SWAT, Evidence Recovery and the Joint Terrorism Task Force to provide on-scene support," said John Perren, the special agent in charge of the Washington Field Office's Counterterrorism Division. "The situation is fluid and therefore no other statements will be made at this time."

A witness, who identified herself as 19-year-old Maria without providing a last name, told CNN she heard five shots and saw a security guard lying wounded on the ground.

"It was definitely a security guard, he was down bleeding on the floor," she said. "He was face down. His back ... blood was coming out."
Dave Pearson, a sixth-grade teacher in the Washington area, said he was on the museum's fourth floor when he heard a loud noise.

"At the time, we're visiting and all of a sudden there's like a boom, and all of a sudden they told us to stop where we're at," he told CNN's Ed Henry.

"Only thing we heard was a boom, and that was it."
near the security checkpoint at the entrance.

She said she was quickly evacuated.

"We did see yellow tape down the hall when we were being rushed out," she said. "They came in and said we had to leave right away and they got us out."
The museum was closed for the rest of the day, and the museum statement said: "Our thoughts and prayers go out to the officer and his family."

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[kretinkooper]

Well if the Islamic Terrorists you support behaved then maybe Israel wouldn't have to defend against your Jihadists.

[ojd1990]

the guy that shot lived two doors down from me. I knew he was weird but not not a white supremacist . I thought this problem was gone.

[LiesAreRuiningTheUSA]

the USA will just continue to disintegrate if chooses to remain complicit in the "Holocaust" propaganda fraud which stemmed from WW2. God created the jewish race in order to unearth all those who would join forces with Lucifer in the war between good and evil which in large part is the continuous battle waged between the truth and lies.

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"The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful and virtuous." -- Frederick Douglass

[rickward94]

The man was 88. lol 88 . 88 means hail hitler. but yeah hes just defending his race stop trying to make him sound so bad,. up yours you jewish baby killers.

[lassiecox]

twice

[lassiecox]

should have torched it.

[matthewper35]

same here. we were going to be at the museum like 10 minutes before the shooting then we couldn't go. our whole grade was dissapointed that they couldn't go. that was the best part. -________-

[taliafaia]

this is all wrong information. i was in the room the shooting was. he shot threw a window. he didnt go threw the detectors.

[Rosscalf]

my school was there that day for a field trip

[coralisgood]

and your mother got fucked by hitler in the ass and had you

[coralisgood]

All you faggots who have decided that israel is a terrorist state, your nazis so fuck you

[Blestematul]

israel = terrorist state