Suspicious fatal shooting of 2 Israeli embassy staff in DC was not on the radar of the police. Here is what we know.

The suspect in the Fatal shootout Of 2 employees of the Israeli embassy outside of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, was identified on Wednesday evening as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago.

He was charged on Thursday With two cases of the first degree murder, murder of foreign civil servants who caused the death of a person by using a firearm and the discharge of a firearm during a violent crime. Everyone is criminals and the murder cladding facilities contribute to life in prison or in the death sentence if it is convicted.

Rodriguez supposedly shot and killed Victim – A couple who, according to Yechiel Head, the ambassador of Israel in the United States, got involved when she left the museum, which is located in the heart of the US capital. According to the police and video of the scene, he called “Free, Free Palestine” when he was taken into custody.

Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs identified the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim. Milgrim was an American who grew up in the Kansas City region who has completed the University of Kansas and acquired a master from American University, her father said. Former Israeli ambassador to Mike Her Herzog said that Lischinsky was an Israeli citizen.

The shootout is examined as a hate crime and “terrorist attack”, and other charges, said US lawyer for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro during a press conference on Thursday afternoon. The authorities said that the attack had been targeted.

What happened in the shooting scene?

The suspect was seen “outside the museum” before approaching a group of four people, “produced a pistol” and fatally shot the two victims, said Pamela A. Smith, police chief of Metropolitan, during a press conference. According to Smith, he joined the museum right after the shootout and the security of the museum.

“The suspect identified where he thrown away the gun and that this weapon was recovered,” said Smith, adding that he “implied that he had committed the crime.”

The suspect sang “Free, Free Palestine” while he was arrested, as a video showed.

“Early indicators are that this is an act of targeted violence,” said Dan Bongino, deputy director of the FBI, in a contribution on social media and added that the suspect was interviewed by the DC police in connection with the FBI.

The shootout is examined as a hate crime, said a source for law enforcement authorities.

Head informed the reporters on Tuesday that the suspect was in the event in the evening before he was worked out.

“He was in the event, he went around the event,” said Head in Hebrew in comments. “We are not sure what he said during the event, but it was enough that he was brought out of the event. Then he went outside and waited for the Israelis to leave and shot them. Three other people were able to save and escape themselves.”

A woman who took part in the event, Katie Kalisher, said CBS News that She met the alleged shooter Immediately after hearing shots.

“Then this man comes in … but he was covered with rain and only looked very desperate and frightened,” said Kalisher about “CBS morning”. “We comforted him because we thought he was just someone on the street who was looking for a safe place to spend the night because he heard a few shots.”

She said she spoke to him to help him help him relax. “I asked him: 'So do you like the museum?' And he somehow plays stupid with me, “she said about the interaction. “He says: 'Oh, what kind of museum is it?' I said to him: “It is a Jewish museum.”

She said she told him that she hadn't thought it and asked if he was doing well. Then she said: “He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a Keffiyeh and says:” I did it. I did it for Gaza. “And just start screaming, 'Free Palestine'.”

What we know about the background of the suspect

The suspect did not appear in a first search by the crime databases and was not on the radar of law enforcement authorities, the Metropolitan Police said.

The suspect came from Chicago, and a great presence of the law enforcement agencies blocked the streets in Chicago in Albany Park on Thursday morning, when officials carried out a search that was assumed that they were connected to the shootout. CBS News Chicago reported. The FBI confirmed that its field office in Chicago conducts “female law enforcement authorized by the court” in this area.

CBS News identified an X account of the suspect. It has a story of contributions on propalestinic activism, frustration on reporting on the media about the Israel-Hamas War, inflammatory contributions about Israel and the discussion of violence for political gain.

The American Osteopathic Information Association, based in Chicago, said in a statement that he was an employee of the non -profit trade association, which focuses on the further development of use in osteopathic medicine.

“We were shocked and sad to find out that an Aoia employee was arrested as a suspect in this terrible crime,” said the President and CEO of the American Osteopathic Association, who represents more than 197,000 osteopathic doctors and osteopathic medical students.

“Both the Aoia and the AOA are ready to work together with the examination in every conceivable way,” says the explanation of the AOA President Teresa Hubka and the CEO Kathleen Creason. “As a medical organization, which is devoted to the protection of the health and holiness of human life, we believe in the rights of all people, certainly without fear of violence.”

The suspect's LinkedIn account says that he has been working as an administrative specialist for AOIA since July 2024. Previously, he worked as a researcher for oral historians at The History Makers, in which he prepared “detailed research cracks and biographies of experienced leaders in the African American community”, according to a biography page now listed.

The police and the FBI combed the social media of the suspect and electronic devices belonging to the suspect, according to a source of law enforcement.

Until early Thursday morning, no details about the purchase or legality of the weapon of the weapon were known.

CBS Chicago teamPresent

Rhona TarrantPat Milton and

Andres Triay

contributed to this report.