Accused Holocaust museum shooter dies

[Catherine Vincent]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6801768.html

Accused Holocaust museum shooter dies

WASHINGTON — The 89-year-old man charged with a deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum died Wednesday in a prison hospital, authorities said.

At Butner federal prison in North Carolina, spokeswoman Denise Simmons announced that James von Brunn died shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday.

Simmons said the suspect had "a long history of poor health which included chronic congestive heart failure and sepsis." She said he was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Von Brunn's lawyer, A.J. Kramer, called the death "a sad end to a tragic situation," but declined further comment.

The elderly suspect had been awaiting trial for the killing of security guard Stephen T. Johns at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10. Von Brunn had been wounded by return fire.

Officials at the prison hospital had previously said chronic medical problems had complicated a psychiatric evaluation for the suspect, a white supremacist who prior to the shooting had written racist and anti-Semitic screeds on the Internet.

One of the two guards who fired back at von Brunn said he had mixed feelings about his death.

"I'm shocked. I'm glad he's gone. I wish he had his day in court but it'll never come," said Harry Weeks of White Plains, Md.

[FormerDittoHead]

1. Don't say he actually DID it - he might sue!

I'll say it - murderer dies.

Now sue me, motherfuckers!

[Bucky]

2. May he rest in the peace he doesn't deserve

Evil little man. He was part of the birther movement and a fan of kiddie porn. I felt bad for his family members who clearly were horrified at his course in life and had long since cut themselves off from him.

I hope his victim's family get some closure out of this now that they won't get their day in court. It was right after Von Brunn murdered Stephen Tyrone Johns that right wing talkers started toning down the worst of the wank fest anti-Obama conspiracy shit. No one ever publicly stated that that's why they pulled back from the scare mongering, for obvious PR reasons, but I doubt the timing was a coincidence. They saw the monster they were creating. How sad that it took Johns's life to wake them up.

I wish the news would give more attention to the real hero in this story. We'll never know how many lives Mr Johns and his partner saved when they gunned down that sick freak.

[Capn Sunshine]

3. I hope he died screaming in pain and horror

that would be justice to us earthbound souls he left behind.

[MineralMan]

4. Oh, well. Case over.

[bullwinkle428]

5. Too bad...I wanted to see this fucker put on trial, for display in

front of the entire country and world for that matter.

[guruoo]

6. Spooky coincidence...

I just fired up my machine and was watching a series of photos from a file that I had accidentally turned into a screensaver
the other day. The file of photos just happened to contain pics I saved from von Brunn's nazi webmaster's
facebook account. I then clicked off the screensaver, went to firefox only to see 'Accused Holocaust museum shooter dies' at the top of the 'most recent'page.


Here are some of those photos:

(von Brunn's webmaster is the guy on the left in the first one)

[struggle4progress]

7. ... Denise Simmons .. spokeswoman for the Butner Federal Correction complex .. said Mr. von Brunn ..

had a long history of poor health, including “chronic congestive heart failure and sepsis” ...
Holocaust Museum Suspect Dies
By LIZ ROBBINS
Published: January 6, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/us/07vonbrunn.html

... His lawyer, A.J. Kramer, called the death "a sad end to a tragic situation" ...
Man, 89, Accused of Holocaust Museum Shooting Dies
89-year-old man accused of deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum dies
By DEVLIN BARRETT Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON January 6, 2010 (AP)
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=9493201

... "He was just very sick," public defender A.J. Kramer said ...
Suspect in Holocaust Museum shooting dies
January 6, 2010 4:29 p.m. EST
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/06/holocaust.shooter/

... Brunn .. was shot in the face during the incident ... Before .. Brunn was struck with a bullet, he shot and killed guard Stephen T. Johns ... Brunn suffered serious injuries falling to the floor after being shot, his lawyer says ...
Holocaust museum shooter James von Brunn dies in custody
http://www.inquisitr.com/55603/james-von-brunn/