What do we know about shooting at the Israel Embassy in Washington

A couple who worked at the Israeli Embassy was shot near the Jewish Museum in Washington.

Police say the victims named by Jaron Lyshinsky and Sarah Lin Milgrim were killed by a man who shouted “free, free Palestine”.

The suspect is in custody.

That’s what you need to know about shooting.

At 9:08 pm local time, police received several calls on the shooting of the event at the Metropolitan Museum in the center of Washington.

The man and the woman were found unconscious and did not breathe at the scene and later died.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said the couple leaves the event at the 3rd St. NW – an area with numerous tourist sites, museums and state buildings, including at the FBI in Washington.

Police claim that the shooting was carried out by Elias Rodriguez, 30 years old, from Chicago, which is being questioned.

MPD chief Pamela Smith said he was seen as he walked up and down the museum before opening a fire with a group of four.

Then the suspect entered the museum where he was detained. Police said he chanted “free, free Palestine” while in custody.

MPD is investigating. The FBI said it was considering “ties with potential terrorism or motivation based on eliminated crime or hate crime.”

The Israeli Embassy in the United States called the couples who killed and stated that its staff “were defeated and destroyed by their murder.”

“No words can express the depth of our sadness and horror from this destructive loss. Our hearts with their families, and the embassy will be near this terrible time.”

Echiel Leiter, an Ambassador of Israel to the US, said the young couple was going to engage.

“This week, the young man acquired a ring with his intention to offer his girl next week in Jerusalem,” he said at a press conference.

“They were a beautiful couple.”

Rabbi in Washington, who met the couple, said, “They were good, popular people.”

Levi Shemtov told BBC Radio 4 Today that he saw a couple at Jewish events in the city.

This is “brutal news” he said.

Witnesses described the consequences of the attack outside the Metropolitan Museum.

“At 9:07 we heard shots, and then the guy came in and seemed really upset, and we thought he just needed help, and he needed a safe shelter,” Katie Kaliszer said.

Yoni Kalin, who was also at the event, said, “So people reassured him, giving him water, taking care of him. Little we knew he was a man who performed people in cold blood.

“He was a shooter. After the police originally appeared, he looks like” I did it. I’m unarmed. “

“He pulls out the red cafes, and he liked, ‘I was doing it for gas. Free Palestine. There is only one solution. The Intifada Revolution “and he just shouted” Free Palestine “.

The event at the Metropolitan Jewish Museum was brought to the account to unite young Jewish specialists and the diplomatic community.

The organizer, the US Jewish Committee, said he was open to those who are in the DC diplomatic community. The topic of the event was advertised as “transformation of pain into target”.

The description of the event states that he invited the organizers of humanitarian aid that responded to the humanitarian crises in the Middle East, including gas.

His hours were publicly advertised, but the place was only widespread with those who signed up for visit.

President Donald Trump condemned the attack and called it anti -Semitic.

Having placed the truth of the social media on his social media platform, he said: “These horrific murders of permanent current, based on anti -Semitism, must end!

“Hate and radicalism do not take place in the US. Condolences to the victims’ families.

“So sad that things like this can happen! God forbid you all!”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “outraged by the horrific anti -Semitic killings”.

“My heart mourns the families of the young, whose life was cut in an instant from the disgusting anti -Semitic killer,” he said.

“I have sent safety to increase in Israeli missions around the world and for state representatives.”

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saaar said the death of the couple was “the direct result of the toxic, anti -sememical incitement to Israel and Jews around the world that happens on October 7.”

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to Hamas’s cross -border attack on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people and took 251 people hostage.

At least 53,475 people have been killed in Gaza since then, including 3340 after the Israeli offensive, the Ministry of Health of the territory reports.