Witnesses told the BBC that security mistook the man who is suspected of shooting and murdering two Israeli embassy employees during a Wednesday night event in Washington, DC, for a witness.<\/p>\n
Jojo Kalin, who coordinated the Capital Jewish Museum’s American Jewish Committee event, reported seeing the assailant inside the structure and described him as “very distraught” following the shooting.<\/p>\n
She said, “I didn’t see a weapon on him, so the security allowed this person in thinking they were a witness or bystander.” She said that after giving him water, the suspect shouted “free Palestine” and produced a keffiyeh. Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, has been identified by police as the culprit and is now being held.<\/p>\n
Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, both employees of Israel’s embassy in Washington, DC, are said to have been shot dead by Mr. Rodriguez.<\/p>\n
Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, said the two were a couple. According to the embassy, the young guy intended to pop the question in Jerusalem the following week after purchasing a ring this week. The pair was leaving the event on Wednesday night when a shooter opened fire on them at around 21:05 local time (02:05 BST).<\/p>\n
Pamela Smith, the chief of police in Washington, DC, claimed that Mr. Rodriguez was observed pacing back and forth outside the museum before he approached a group of four people and used a pistol to shoot two of them.<\/p>\n
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