Israeli Embassy Staff Shooting Suspect Charged With Murder
An onlooker watches as police officers secure the area outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead in Washington, DC, on May 22.
Photographer: Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/AP PhotoA Chicago man made his first court appearance to face murder charges in the shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, in what officials have called an antisemitic hate crime.
Elias Rodriguez, 31, appeared in Washington federal court Thursday before US Magistrate Matthew Sharbaugh. He didn’t enter a plea. The judge ordered him to remain in custody and set a preliminary hearing for June 18.