At approximately 12:50 p.m. on June 10, 2009, 88-year-old James Wenneker von Brunn entered the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., with a slide-action rifle and fatally shot Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other special police officers returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
Key Facts
| Subject | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting |
| Category | 2009 terrorist attack in Washington, D.C. |
| Reading time | 1 min · Beginner |
| Key date | 2009 |