Two staff members at the Israeli embassy in Washington are shot dead near a Jewish museum.

The shooting took place late Wednesday outside the Capital Jewish Museum, which was hosting an American Jewish Committee event at the time of the incident.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the deaths in an X post, saying, “We are actively investigating and working to get more information to share.”

The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriquez of Chicago, Illinois, “chanted 'Free, free Palestine,’ while in custody,” she added.

  • Grapho@lemmy.ml
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    21 hours ago

    Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, they don’t actually do anything. They order people around, but the ones doing the legwork are their staffers.

    If the lives of people are less valuable to them than their own jobs, well, maybe their life ain’t worth shit either.