United States Holocaust Memorial Museum after the shooting

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting was a shooting at that nations memorial to The Holocaust (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 2009, at 12:50 p.m. (12-hour clock) Shooting suspect James Wenneker von Brunn was charged in federal court on June 11, 2009, with first-degree murder and firearms violations. On July 29, 2009, von Brunn was indicted (Indictment) on seven counts, including four which made him eligible for the death penalty (Capital punishment in the United States). In September 2009, a judge ordered von Brunn to undergo a competency evaluation (Competency evaluation (law)) to determine whether or not he could stand trial. While awaiting his trial, von Brunn died on January 6, 2010.

According to the six-page indictment, von Brunn entered the building and shot security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns, who died from his injuries. Von Brunn was a white supremacist (White supremacy) and Holocaust denier (Holocaust denial) who had previously been arrested and convicted for entering a federal (Federal government of the United States) building with various weapons in 1981 while trying to place the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, whom he considered to be treasonous, under citizens arrest.