Memorial fund set up for family of killed guard

WASHINGTON -- The American Jewish Committee has set up a memorial fund to benefit the family of the security guard killed Wednesday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Stephen T. Johns, 39, was killed Wednesday afternoon when a gunman entered the museum and started shooting.

To donate, the organization is asking you to send checks made payable to the American Jewish Committee, with "Holocaust Museum Memorial Fund" in the memo line, to:

American Jewish Committee
Washington Chapter
C/O Melanie Maron
1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 120
Washington DC 20005

The American Jewish Committee said it will soon have something on its Web site to contribute. All the contributions will go to the Johns family, the AJC said.

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