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Accused Holocaust Museum Gunman Dies in Prison
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyJames von Brunn, the 89-year-old man charged with killing a guard in a shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum, has died in a prison hospital. A spokesperson with North Carolina's Butner federal prison said von Brunn died Wednesday afternoon. Von Brunn suffered from a variety of health problems, including congestive heart failure, according to the Associated Press. Von Brunn had been awaiting trial in the killing of security guard Stephen T. Johns at the museum in June. The suspect was wounded by return fire.Von Brunn was a white supremacist who had written racist and anti-Semitic screeds ...
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By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Jan. 6) – There's a lot of news today in the world of accused and convicted murderers, so we rounded it all up. Johnny L. Wicks' Past Homicide First, the man who killed a federal court officer and wounded a U.S. marshal in Las Vegas on Monday had been convicted of killing his own brother in Memphis in 1976, the Los Angeles Times reports. Wicks, 66, was sentenced to 12 to 15 years for the slaying but was paroled in 1981. Aside from the murder, Wicks' rap sheet included a conviction for spousal abuse, an accusation of assault to commit rape and robbery charges. On Monday, Wicks set ...
Accused Holocaust Museum Shooter Dies in Prison
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Jan. 7) -- The death of a white supremacist accused of opening fire at the Holocaust museum has left some conflicted - not sorry he's gone, but frustrated that he won't stand trial. The 89-year-old James von Brunn, who faced charges that could have earned him the death penalty, died Wednesday at a North Carolina federal prison while awaiting trial. AP James von Brunn, 89, suffered from health problems including sepsis and congestive heart failure, a federal prison official said. Authorities say von Brunn walked up to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10 carrying a ...
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