Police said a suspect was in custody after the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum

A suspect is in custody after shooting dead two Israeli embassy staff outside a Jewish museum in Washington on Wednesday night.

The gunman, named by police as Elias Rodriguez, 30, of Chicago, approached a group of four people leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum and opened fire, killing Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim.

Metropolitan police chief Pamela Smith said the shooter had been pacing outside the museum, which is steps away from the FBI’s field office, before the shooting.

After killing the pair, who officials said were a couple, he walked inside, where event security detained him. The suspect yelled: “Free, free Palestine,” after he was arrested, police said.

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    22 hours ago

    Much of Germany was working for the Third Reich, if you don’t recall from history.

    Shooting random staffers doesn’t fight the Third Reich leadership, you just murdered some random people.

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      20 hours ago

      Unh huh, because that’s what the US so famously did in WWII, target only the Nazi leadership while refusing to attack anyone else. Very definitely a great way to defeat facism.

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        Yep nuance flies right over your head too.

        Much of Germany had NSDAP party affiliation because of their role in society or a wanting to have the benefits of social movement.

        Shooting some random accountant or whatever isn’t going to win the war.

        But sure, murder these two staffer because that’ll really help Palestine win. Dumbass.