James Wenneker von Brunn ( July 11 , 1920 &ndash; January 6 , 2010 ) was an American man who perpetrated the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting in Washington , D.C. on June 10 , 2009 . Security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns was killed in the shooting , and von Brunn was wounded by two security guards who returned fire . Von Brunn was named the prime suspect in the shooting , and was charged with first-degree murder and firearms violations . While awaiting trial , von Brunn died on January 6 , 2010
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting
James von Brunn