Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter said Lischinsky and Milgrim were a young couple about to be engaged, and Lischinsky had purchased a ring this week with the intent to propose next week in Jerusalem.
“Free Palestine!” shouted the suspect as he was led away in Washington, DC
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Elias Rodriguez, 30, is in custody after two people – Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim – were shot dead outside a museum.https://t.co/ot3UoF1dpP pic.twitter.com/BNd6pHlh6T
Via Times of Israel:
Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, with police saying the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested.
The two victims, named as as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum when the suspect approached a group of four people and opened fire, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said at a news conference.
The suspect, identified as Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, was observed pacing outside the museum before the shooting. He walked into the museum after the shooting and was detained by event security, Smith said.
When he was taken into custody, Rodriguez chanted, “Free, free Palestine,” Smith said. Smith said law enforcement did not believe there was an ongoing threat to the community.
Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter said Lischinsky and Milgrim were a young couple about to be engaged, and Lischinsky had purchased a ring this week with the intent to propose next week in Jerusalem.
Tal Naim Cohen, a spokesperson for the embassy, said the two staff members were shot “at close range” while attending a Jewish event at the museum.