Gun fight at US Holocaust museum. Unconfirmed US reports say the gunman is 89 and linked to white supremacists.
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US Park Police Sergeant David Schlosser describes the shooting
A gunman armed with a rifle has shot and wounded a guard inside Washington DC's Holocaust museum before being wounded in turn, city police say.
Both are being treated in hospital where their condition is unknown after the incident, which sowed panic among visitors to the museum.
The gunman is said to be in his late 80s and linked to white supremacists.
Located on the National Mall, the Holocaust Memorial Museum has seen 30 million visitors since opening in 1993.
Roads surrounding the museum have been closed.
A third person was hurt by broken glass, a fire official said.
Police are still out in force around the museum, the BBC's Jon Donnison reports from Washington.
The gunman walked into the building carrying "a long gun", said Police Sergeant David Schlosser.
"[He] fired at one of the security officers. So, both that security officer and the gunman have received gunshot wounds," he told reporters.
"My understanding is that two other security officers at the museum returned gunfire at the man that had entered the museum."
James Von Brunn, an elderly white supremacist, was being investigated as a potential suspect in the shooting, an unnamed law enforcement official told the Associated Press.
Another law enforcement official said Mr Von Brunn's vehicle had been found near the museum and was being tested for explosives.
The two officials were not authorised to discuss the investigation and spoke on condition that they remain anonymous.
Mr Von Brunn's name was also reported by major US TV channels.
Now said to be 88 or 89, he has long been tied to extremist groups and served a prison sentence for taking a shotgun into Washington's Federal Reserve in 1981.
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