Shooting at U.S. Holocaust Museum

Published: 11 June 2009 y., Thursday

A lone gunman entered the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC -- opening fire at the entrance before being shot.

NBC News reported security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns died in the shooting.

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