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Museum Shooter Was Growing Despondent

Struggling Von Brunn warned people that they wouldn't see him again

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 11, 2009 4:25 AM CDT

(Newser) – Acquaintances of James von Brunn say the 88-year-old man who witnesses saw open fire in the Holocaust Memorial Museum had grown increasingly unhappy in recent weeks, reports the Washington Post. One fellow white separatist said von Brunn "was barely making it" after his Social... Read full story »

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