FBI Director Kash Patel called the Wednesday night killings of Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgram, 26, an “act of terror” and vowed to pursue justice with “the full weight of federal law enforcement.”
Lischinsky and Milgram, who were about to be engaged to be married, were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., which was hosting a Young Diplomats Reception for young Jewish professionals. The suspect detained following the killings was identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, a Chicago resident with far-Left views who reportedly put on a keffiyeh and shouted “free Palestine” after fatally shooting the couple.
“Last night’s act of terror has the full attention of the FBI,” Patel wrote on X on Thursday. “Targeted anti-Semitic violence is an attack on our core values and will be met with the full weight of…
