At least two shot at U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington DC

At least 2 shot at US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington

Jun. 10, 2009
Associated Press , THE JERUSALEM POST

Authorities say at least two people have been shot at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.

D.C. police spokeswoman Traci Hughes said a man walked into the museum with a rifle and shot a guard. Hughes says the attacker was also shot.

Hughes says the victims' conditions were not known. Both were being taken to a hospital.

US Park Police gave slightly different information, saying three people had been shot.

The attacker was in police custody.

The mother of a Massachusetts teenager said children at the museum heard several gunshots before they were evacuated from the building.

Sandy Perkins said her daughter, Abigail, called her shortly after the shooting.

Abigail told her mother that some of her friends were very shaken, but otherwise were fine.

The teens did not see where the shots were coming from before they were safely evacuated to buses outside the museum.

Gunman opens fire at U.S. Holocaust Museum
By Haaretz Service

 

A gunman opened fire at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday afternoon.

 

The incident occurred when a person walked into the museum armed with a rifle, and shot a security guard, said a spokesman for the D.C. police.

 

According to the spokesman, somebody returned fire on the gunman. The spokesman said the condition of the victims was unknown, but both have been rushed to hospital. According to media reports, the gunman was taken into custody.
 
A woman whose teenaged daughter was visiting the museum at the time of the shooting said that the children hear several gunshots before they were evacuated from the building.

 

Sandy Perkins says her daughter, Abigail, called her shortly after the
shooting and said some of her friends were very shaken, but otherwise were fine.

 

The teens did not see where the shots were coming from before they were safely evacuated to buses outside the museum.

 

Last month, 21-year-old Jewish student, Johanna Justin-Jinich, was shot at the Wesleyan College in Connecticut. Authorities have called the attack an anti-Semitic incident.

 

Also last month, four New York men were arrested for allegedly plotting to bomb a Bronx synagogue.