Two Israeli embassy staff members, a young couple about to be engaged, were killed by a lone gunman as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday (May 21) night. The single suspect, tentatively identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez from Chicago, chanted “Free Palestine, Free Palestine”, after being taken into custody, according to the Washington Metropolitan Police Chief.
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