Suspect has deep Maryland ties, history of anti-Semitic activities (Baltimore Sun)

By Scott Calvert, Brent Jones and Paul West
June 11, 2009

... An acquaintance of von Brunn's told The Washington Post that he was struggling financially after his Social Security payments were cut, and von Brunn suspected it was due to the views he shared online. In an e-mail obtained by the newspaper, von Brunn wrote, "It's time to kill all the Jews" ...

Two years ago, von Brunn confided he needed income when he asked Mike Weller for work at his Easton manufacturing business. "He looked down-and-out," Weller said, "very scraggly looking" ...

Nearly three decades ago, von Brunn committed an act that bore similarities to Wednesday's shooting, albeit with no injuries. In December 1981, he walked into the Federal Reserve Board's Washington headquarters with weapons and a plan to confront the bank's governors, according to news accounts.

Carrying a revolver, a hunting knife and a sawed-off shotgun in a satchel, von Brunn raced past a guard to the second floor, where the board was meeting. He pulled the shotgun on another guard in the corridor leading to the boardroom ...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.vonbrunnjun11,0,7013663.story

"Von Brunn asked the gallery to display the patriotic art he had painted - his motifs included bald eagles, American flags and cowboys."

Seems little Adolph loved his cowboys.

gotta love empire!