Holocaust Museum Shooter Likely To Survive Injuries, Face Murder Charge

June 14, 2009 2:40 p.m. EST

Washington, DC (AHN) - The man who shot and killed a security guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC is expected to survive and face first-degree murder charges.

White supremacist James von Brunn , 88, walked into the museum and shot Stephen Tyrone Johns, 39, with a rifle on Wednesda. Von Brunn was then shot by two other security guards. He is in critical, but stable, condition, and is expected to survive FBI Supervisory Special Agent Katherine Schwiet said in a written statement.

Johns died at the hospital from his wounds.

Von Brunn was charged Thursday with a federal count of murder and killing while in possession of a firearm in a federal facility.

Investigators found a note in von Brunn's car that said among other things, that the Holocaust was a lie, and that President Barack Obama was a creation of the Jews and "does what Jew owners tell him to do."

Meanwhile, von Brunn's 32-year-old son issued a statement later in the week that he was deeply sorry his father shot Johns, and that the murder was "an act of cowardice." Erik von Brunn said his father's bigotry and hatred of Jews plagued his family for years.