Today at 12:50 there was a shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC.
Emergency vehicles have converged on the scene near the National Mall
The shooting occurred as the suspect James von Brunn, entered the building. Von Brunn is an 88-year-old white supremacist from Maryland.
Sgt. David Schlosser, a spokesman for U.S. Park Police, told reporters that 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. Schlosser also reported that 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.
He said the security guard that was initially shot and the gunman have been transported to George Washington University Hospital and he didn't know their conditions.
Update:
CNN is reporting that 3 victims were injuried, two by the shootings and one by breaking glass.
Twitter is reporting that 1 victim has just died ( I do not know how to link to the twiter as it came on my phone.)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8094076.stm
http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/national/dpg_Shot_Fired_Holocaust_Museum_fc_20090610_2558972
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Comments: 17
How horrible. It's hard to believe that someone can live that long and still have hate in his heart.
Sounds like he had a death wish.
That's awful. 88 years old........ What a hateful, disgusting person.
Terrible - at 88 years old - unbelievable.
I was watching tv when this happened.
It's just plain crazy.
Sad.
How awful.
Insanity reins! Shameful act of selfishness.
This is just horrible. The hatred that people can manage to hold in their heart.
The guard died.
It is unbelievable that someone lives that long, and still harbors so much hate; you'd think they'd have learned something- living so long.
It is another horrible tragedy.
so senseless
how sad.
What a sad thing to happen. I am listening to the BBC World Service right now, hoping for more information as it comes in.
you would expect someone his age to be alittle bit more mature than that. Even though i do not agree with it because do have a right to hate a certain race, however, i do not think they shoudl take any action as a result of their believes.