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A suspect in a vicious shooting attack outside the Capital Jewish Museum that left a young, soon-to-be-married, couple dead has been charged with murder.
A report from ABC revealed Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chiago, was taken into custody at the scene.
A criminal complaint said the two counts of murder were based on his actions in firing 21 times at the young couple, staff members of the Israeli Embassy, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim.
Reports revealed the viciousness of the attack, in which after shooting the couple, the gunman followed one victim who was crawling away and repeatedly shot again and again.
An Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs official said Lischinsky was a researcher in the political department of the Israeli Embassy, while Milgrim organized U.S. missions to Israel.
The network report detailed, "Rodriguez allegedly walked past the two victims and then 'brandished a firearm from the area of his waistband,' court documents said. He is captured on video 'extending both his arms in the direction' of the victims, and began firing 'several times," the documents said."
The report said the suspect continued firing at the victims after they fell to the ground.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "My heart aches for the families of the beloved young man and woman, whose lives were cut short by a heinous anti-Semitic murderer. I have instructed to increase security arrangements at Israeli missions around the world and security for representatives of the state."
In Washington, police said there would be an increased presence by officers at schools and Jewish community centers.
Kristi Noem, the U.S. secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, said on social media, "We are actively investigating and working to get more information to share. Please pray for the families of the victims. We will bring this depraved perpetrator to justice."
