Exclusive: Museum guard ‘held door’ for killer

Published June 10, 2009 4:00am ET



Holocaust Museum security guard Stephen Johns held the door open for his alleged killer.

Johns, 39, died Wednesday after being shot in the chest at the entrance to the Holocaust Museum. Authorities are preparing charges against an 89-year-old self-admitted white supremacist, James von Brunn. Von Brunn was himself wounded in a brief but furious gun battle with Johns’ colleagues.

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