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    champagne: This is so terribly sad! He was a hero... this just sucks so much. I'm so sorry for his loved ones!!! more »
    Wit is periodically disensouled: Rest in Peace, sir, and thank you. I am so sorry for the loss your family has suffered. more »
    SarahMC: I'm gonna start telling other white people they're credits to their race. more »
    Sputnik_Sweetheart: Yit-gadal v'yit-kadash sh'mey raba, b'alma di v'ra hirutey, vyam-lih mal-hutey b'ha-yey-hon uv'yomey-hon uv'ha-yey d'hol beyt yisrael ba-agala u-vizma... more »
    CherriSpryte: RIP Mr. Johns. And as for the scumbag who did this - I hope he's in A LOT of pain right now. more »
    Penny_Esq: Thoughts and prayers to the family of this hero, whose courage under fire ensured no one else was hurt. We are all grateful it wasn't worse, and heart... more »
    domestic_goddess: Also, I just talked to my mom about the whole ordeal and she said, "It's a shame that people like this are going to get our guns taken away, what with... more »
    NefariousNewt: Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John, 15:13 Man this man's sacrifice not be a vain or empty one. Man... more »
    EkaterinaBallerina: This is awful. I'd been hoping he'd pull through. The Republican nutjobs owe Napolitano an apology. Which she'll never get, but she's definitely owed ... more »
    katie.scarlett.o'hara: Arggggh. What is wrong with this country? First Dr. Tiller and now this? more »
    stacyinbean: I don't even get the motive here, what does shooting people who WORK at the Holocaust Museum have to do with anything? Just to scare people? I guess I... more »
    chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish: Such a sad, tragic loss of life. These security guards are heroes for stopping what easily could have been a mass-murder rampage. more »
    Cafezinha: Vai com Deusa, Sr. Johns. Love and light to his family and friends. more »
    lalaland13: This guy was no doubt already an asshole, but I wonder if some sort of dementia setting in made this seem like a brilliant idea. Not that it's any exc... more »
    badmutha: Imagine, you get up, you go to work, you say hi to everyone and prepare to check people out and make sure there is no funny business going on at the m... more »
    lolacat: Dear Jezebel, Thank you for putting up Mr. Johns' picture. I'm watching the news right now and he was obviously a brave man. My condolences to his fam... more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: My heart is broken. more »
    LadyFabulous: This is very urge to kill rising. more »
    BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): This is beyond awful. Prayers for his family. And the electric chair for the old bastard who shot him. I'm feeling vengeful today. more »
    Rofold: Okay, now can we have some gun control in this country? I'm so sick of these crazed gunmen. more »
  • #rip

    Senseless, Enraging Acts Of Violence

    Very, very sad news: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum security guard who was critically wounded in this afternoon's attack, Stephen Tyrone Johns, has died from his injuries, MSNBC is reporting. The reported shooter, though injured, is still alive. [MSNBC]