Recap: Suspect charged with murder after 2 killed at Capital Jewish Museum

A couple who were set to be engaged soon were killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night.

What to Know

• Two Israeli Embassy staff were shot and killed in front of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night as they left an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee.
• The Israeli Embassy to the United States identified the victims of the shooting as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim. Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said they were a young couple about to get engaged.
• The suspect is identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago. Authorities believe he is the lone actor in the crime.
• Video shows the suspect shouting, "Free, free Palestine" as he was taken into custody shortly after the shooting.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Thursday that he was “shocked” by the “horrific, antisemitic” shooting, while U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media: "These horrible D.C. killings, based obviously on antisemitism, must end, NOW!"

A couple who were set to be engaged soon were killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday night in an attack that world leaders are calling antisemitic.

Video shows the shooting suspect shouting, “Free, free Palestine” as he was taken into custody by authorities.

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