Alleged Holocaust Museum Shooter Hated Jews, Ex-Wife Says

Police investigators work in front of a red Toyota car parked in front of the United States...

Police investigators work in front of a red Toyota car parked in front of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum after James van Brunn allegedly opened fire inside the museum in Washington, today. A security guard wounded during the shootout has died as the result of his injuries, the museum's director said today.

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He also outlined a 1981 bid to "place the treasonous Federal Reserve Board of Governors under legal, non-violent, citizen's arrest."

On the site, he claimed he unjustly received an 11-year jail sentence, of which he served 6.5 years, when he was arrested at the Fed after entering the building where the board of governors was meeting, carrying a camera and with weapons hidden under his trench coat.

Von Brunn argued the Fed was not allowed to exist under the Constitution and claimed it was a Jewish means of controlling the U.S. government.

"It is one of many parasitical Rothschild Central Banks infesting the world stage," he wrote on www.holywesternempire.org. "Its power ascends over every U.S. citizen from cradle to grave. Every dollar in your wallet is a note issued by the FED. The U.S. Government redeems that note (principal and interest) with your taxes. Through its enormous resources and power the FED controls the machinery of the U.S. Government."

A neighbor in Maryland described von Brunn as a standoffish man who didn't socialize with neighbors. The neighbor expressed shock upon hearing von Brunn had been identified as the alleged shooter.

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"My God, I live next to that man," Harold O'Lynnger, 82, told ABC News.

O'Lynnger recalled a comment von Brunn had made over drinks three months ago that the media had been giving the Holocaust too much attention.

Holocaust Museum Guard's Death Causes 'Grief and Shock'

A statement by museum director Sara Bloomfield, obtained by ABC News, confirmed the death of the security guard and said: "There are no words to express our grief and shock over today's events."

"It is my sad duty to inform you of the passing of Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns, who died heroically in the line of duty today," Bloomfield continued. "He served on the Museum's security staff for six years.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to Officer Johns' family."

Bloomfield said that the museum will remain closed Thursday in honor of Johns.

Johns' son, Stephen T. Johns Jr., told reporters that his father "was a loving father and he was my hero."

The victim's stepfather, Leroy Carter, described Johns as a "responsible human being," and said that with Johns' job at the Holocaust Museum, he "didn't have to worry about the line of work" his stepson was in. Carter didn't think the job would be dangerous but said it "backfired."

Carter said he found out about the shooting on the radio and called his wife and Johns' wife. He also informed Johns' namesake son.

President Obama released a statement Wednesday evening honoring Johns and calling for vigilance against prejudice.