The Latest Breaking News from Elias Rodriguez

Authorities are investigating the fatal shootings outside the Capital Jewish Museum as hate crimes and ‘terrorism’.

In the years before he was accused of killing two Israeli Embassy employees, the suspect in the fatal shootings was an active participant in Chicago’s left-wing protest scene, speaking out against police violence and a proposed Amazon headquarters

On 21 May 2025, two Israeli Embassy staff were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, shouted 'Free Palestine' during his arrest.

Elias Rodriguez faces charges of first-degree murder, murder of foreign officials and causing death with a firearm.

The suspect accused of gunning down two Israeli embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington was charged Thursday with murder, as international tensions over anti-Semitism erupted over the attack.

Elias Rodriguez is accused of murdering Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim outside a Jewish museum in Washington on Wednesday

Elias Rodriguez of Chicago told officers from the Metropolitan Police Department at the scene: ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed’

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were gunned down after they left the American Jewish Committee’s annual Young Diplomats Reception

Elias Rodriguez is suspected of shooting two Israeli embassy staff members