There is a breaking news story that I just read online at MSNBC. Apparently there has been a shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington DC. The story on the MSNBC website will be updated as more information comes in.

According to the authorities, there were at least two people shot. You can read the entire breaking news story here.

UPDATE: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has announced that Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns (the guard who was shot at the museum) has died. My deep condolences go out to his family. My thoughts are with them, and with the USHMM’s family.

The USHMM will be closing tomorrow, June 11th, in honor of Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns.

Some moments leave one in a difficult position to articulate their thoughts and feelings…for me…this is one such moment…there are no adequate words…

The USHMM is a place that is dear to, and a part of, my heart…a place I visit each time I’m in DC, a place that cements me to the events of the past, a place that touches my very core just thinking about what it stands for, a place whose past infiltrates my mind and soul, a place of spirituality and reverence, a place of honor and tribute, a place where familial histories live, and it is a place I visit online…weekly. I can’t even imagine the events of today…they are beyond my imagination…as are the devastating past events that are the building blocks and foundation for the USHMM.

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Wednesday June 10, 2009 – 18th of Sivan, 5769