Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum

Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum

A suspect is in custody after shooting dead two Israeli embassy staff outside a Jewish museum in Washington on Wednesday night.

The gunman, named by police as Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, approached a group of four people leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum and opened fire, killing Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim.

Metropolitan police chief Pamela Smith said the shooter had been pacing outside the museum, which is steps away from the FBI’s field office, before the shooting.

After killing the pair, who officials said were a couple, he walked inside, where event security detained him. The suspect yelled: “Free, free Palestine,” after he was arrested, police said.

  • bdonvrA
    122·
    20 hours ago
    1. They still work there years after so that’s some shit
    2. Israel has been an illegitimate genocide-settler state long before that
        • WeekendClock@lemmy.worldBanned from community
          36·
          19 hours ago

          This is the stupidest edgelord take of all edgelord takes.

          This guy is a certifiable fucking dumbass.

        • Optional@lemmy.world
          56·
          20 hours ago

          So you’re all for gunning down anyone working for the US government in the street.

          Cool.