Israeli Embassy Employees Shot In US: How It Unfolded
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Elias Rodriguez, 31, faces homicide prices after allegedly capturing two Israeli embassy staffers outdoors the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington. He traveled from Chicago and legally bought a gun.
United States:
Elias Rodriguez faces homicide and different prices after allegedly gunning down two Israeli embassy staffers outdoors the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.
This is how occasions unfolded, per the legal grievance and regulation enforcement authorities:
Rodriguez, 31, traveled to Washington from Chicago on Tuesday with a legally bought gun in his checked baggage. He was on the town to attend a piece convention.
On Wednesday night, the American Jewish Committee hosted a mixer on the Capital Jewish Museum. The Younger Diplomats Reception went till 9 pm (0100 GMT Thursday) and aimed to “convey collectively Jewish younger professionals and the DC diplomatic group.”
At 9:08 pm, Metropolitan Police responded to reviews of a capturing. Officers discovered Israeli embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim had been shot.
Surveillance video confirmed an individual carrying clothes in step with Rodriguez’s look method the museum, the place the victims have been standing outdoors and making ready to enter a crosswalk.
The suspect walked previous Lischinsky and Milgrim, then turned to shoot them of their backs, “firing a number of occasions,” the grievance stated.
“As soon as the decedents fell to the bottom, Rodriguez is captured on video advancing nearer… leaning over them… and firing a number of extra occasions,” the grievance stated.
Rodriguez reloaded and fired a number of extra occasions.
21 bullets
He was then seen “jogging” within the course of the museum entrance.
A witness informed police he noticed Rodriguez toss stuff, and police recovered a gun from the realm.
When police arrived, Rodriguez stated “he ‘did it’ and that he was unarmed.”
Rodriguez had a purple keffiyeh and “spontaneously said on scene to MPD, ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I’m unarmed.'”
He shouted “Free Palestine” as police arrested him.
At 9:14 pm, Lischinsky, an Israeli citizen and an “official visitor” of the US authorities, was pronounced useless on the scene from gunshot wounds.
At 9:35 pm, Milgrim, an American employed by the Israeli embassy, was transported from the scene and pronounced useless after struggling a number of gunshot wounds.
Forensic evaluation revealed Rodriguez fired 21 bullets from a 9 mm handgun, which he bought legally in Illinois in 2020.
Throughout an interview with police, Rodriguez expressed admiration for Aaron Bushnell, the previous US serviceman who self-immolated outdoors the Israeli embassy in Washington, calling him a “martyr.”
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