Shooting at US Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC from WHSV reports that at least two people were shot at Washington DC Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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UPDATE: Washington.com
Police said the man, identified by NBC News as James Wennecker von Brunn, walked into the museum on the 14th Street side with a long gun and exchanged gunfire with a security guard about 10 minutes before 1 p.m., according to U.S Park Police Sgt. David Schlosser. Both were struck by bullets. Two other security guards then fired upon the gunman, reportedly striking him in the head.
Two police sources told Williams that von Brunn, who has written a book and several Internet polemics detailing his rage against both Judaism and Christianity, has connections with white supremacist organizations and anti-government groups.
D.C. police spokeswoman Traci Hughes says a person walked into the museum with a rifle and shot a guard. Hughes says the shooter was also shot.
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Hughes says the victims' conditions were not known. Both were being rushed to a hospital.
U.S. Park Police gave slightly different information, saying three people had been shot.
UPDATE: Shooter elderly white supremicist:
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