US EditionMan accused in Israeli embassy staffer killings faces new terrorism charges
- Yesterday, prosecutors unsealed a superseding indictment adding four terrorism counts against Elias Rodriguez, 31, in the District of Columbia.
- During the May 21, 2025, event, investigators say Rodriguez approached attendees leaving a Young Diplomats reception at the museum and fired about 20 rounds from a semi-automatic handgun.
- A federal filing details that the superseding indictment adds four D.C. terrorism counts and a federal aggravating factor, and prosecutors say Rodriguez wrote a manifesto to inspire political violence.
- The attack killed Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, while two additional Israeli Embassy employees survived, prompting vigils and mourning.
- U.S. officials and the FBI say the incident was a targeted, antisemitic terror attack amid global condemnation and domestic polarization over the Gaza war, with several charges carrying death or life imprisonment penalties.
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Chicago Man Charged With Terrorism in Fatal Shooting of Israeli Embassy Staffers
Terrorism charges have been added to the criminal case against a man accused of carrying out last May’s deadly shooting outside the Capitol Jewish Museum. A superseding indictment unsealed on Feb. 4 charges Elias Rodriguez of Chicago with four counts of committing an act of terrorism while armed, and adds a federal statutory aggravating factor alleging premeditation to commit acts of terrorism. The new charges stem from the shooting that killed …
Prosecutors charge Capital Jewish Museum shooter with terrorism
Federal prosecutors added two terrorism charges to the indictment against Elias Rodriguez, the Chicago man accused of killing two Israeli embassy employees outside a networking event held at the Capital Jewish Museum last May. The new indictment, filed on Wednesday, claims that Rodriguez murdered Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, with the intent to both influence government policy through “intimidation” and that he sought to “coerce a…
Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney General, announced new terrorism charges against Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, accused of killing Israeli embassy employees Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim in front of the Jewish Capital Museum in Washington on May 21, 2025.Read more
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