Two members of the Israeli Embassy staff were gunned down outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, officials said.

Two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, by a suspect who shouted "free, free Palestine" as he was arrested, police said. Israel named the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, a young couple soon to be engaged.

Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington — a young couple on the verge of becoming engaged — were fatally shot Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled,

Years before he allegedly shot and killed two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, Elias Rodriguez was an active member of left-wing groups in Chicago, protesting police violence and a proposed Amazon headquarters.

Following the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., the ADL is urging Americans to stand up against surging antisemitism across the country.

A man was shot Saturday afternoon in front of the Friendship Archway in Northwest, D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

The two Israeli embassy workers who were shot and killed in Washington, D.C., on May 21 have been identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim.

The article, titled "For U.S. Jews, D.C. Museum Killings Deepen Resolve – and Fear," was published by the paper Friday.

State lawmakers are pushing for additional non-profit security grant program funding that has aided cultural and religious institutions across Illinois.