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Published: 09/30/10

Report: Holocaust Museum Shooter Targeted Axelrod

By  Allan Lengel - AOL News
Report: Holocaust Museum Shooter Targeted Axelrod

(Sept. 30) -- Weeks after a white supremacist shot and killed a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington in 2009, White House senior adviser David Axelrod showed up at his favorite Chicago Jewish deli with an entourage of Secret Service agents. In the past, he had no protection. But in July 2009, it was different. He was spotted with the added protection at Manny's, a cafeteria-style deli on South Jefferson Street. Talbot County Sheriff Office/AP Accused in 2009's fatal shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, James von Brunn also targeted White House Senior Adviser ...

Published: 01/6/10

Latest in Accused and Convicted Murderer News

By  Dana Chivvis - AOL News
Latest in Accused and Convicted Murderer 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 ...

Published: 06/19/09

Mourners for Holocaust Museum Guard Stephen Johns Told 'Silence Is Unforgivable'

By  Patricia Murphy - Politics Daily
Mourners for Holocaust Museum Guard Stephen Johns Told 'Silence Is Unforgivable'

In the hours after Stephen Tyrone Johns was gunned down at the U.S. Holocaust Museum last week, his wife of just a year, Zakiah Johns, cried to her pastor over and over, "Pastor, I just want my husband back." Today, Johns' 39-year-old husband was laid to rest in a private ceremony, following a public memorial service that included a lengthy police escort, a 19-flag honor guard, crowds of photographers and more than 500 mourners who gathered to remember him. The day of private heartache and public grief seemed a fitting tribute for a man who was a father, son and husband in life, and in death ...

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