Chicago man charged with murder of two Israel embassy aides

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A Chicago-born man arrested as the lone suspect in the fatal shooting of a pair of Israel embassy workers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington was charged on May 22 in US federal court with at least two counts of first-degree murder.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A Chicago-born man was charged on Thursday in U.S. federal court with at least two counts

00:08of first-degree murder. 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez was arrested as the lone suspect

00:13in the fatal shooting of two Israel embassy workers outside the Capitol Jewish Museum

00:19in Washington on Wednesday night. The suspect allegedly opened fire at a group of people

00:24who left an event for young diplomats hosted by the American Jewish Committee. Officials

00:29said the suspect was heard chanting, Free Palestine, after he was taken into custody.

00:34In addition to first-degree murder, Rodriguez was charged in a criminal complaint with murder

00:39of foreign officials, causing death with a firearm and discharging a firearm in a crime of violence.

00:46The charges were filed in federal court as FBI and police investigators pored over apparent

00:51writings and political affiliations of the suspect. The two deceased victims are identified as 30-year-old

00:57Yaron Lishinsky and 26-year-old Sarah Lynn Milgram, who were about to become engaged to be married.

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