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Shooter is an 88 year old white supremacist


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Horrible news today:

Shooting at Holocaust Museum  

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.

Police cars mass outside the Holocaust Museum in Washington after a shooting there on Wednesday.
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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,” Schlosser said.  Watch Schlosser tell what’s known so far ยป

Schlosser said 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. See street view of the museum’s location

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.

Read more here at the source. 



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