{"id":263,"date":"2025-05-22T13:01:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/?p=263"},"modified":"2025-05-23T10:28:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:28:36","slug":"fbi-investigating-israeli-embassy-staffers-slayings-as-act-of-terror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/22\/fbi-investigating-israeli-embassy-staffers-slayings-as-act-of-terror\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI investigating Israeli Embassy staffers’ slayings as ‘act of terror\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The FBI is investigating the shooting of two Israeli Embassy aides<\/a> outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night as an \u201cact of terror,\u201d according to law enforcement.<\/p>\n

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said in a statement Thursday morning the incident has the \u201cfull attention<\/a>\u201d of the bureau and pledged to pursue harsh penalties in the case, which he suggested could be an act of antisemitic violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast night\u2019s act of terror has the full attention of your FBI,\u201d Bongino wrote on the social platform X.<\/p>\n

\u201cTargeted acts of anti-Semitic violence are typically carried out by spineless, gutless cowards,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd the penalties will be harsh as we tighten up this investigation and run down any additional leads.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shortly after 9 p.m. EDT, a suspect identified as Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, approached a group of four individuals leaving an event at the museum and fired at close range. Two staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, were killed<\/a> in the shooting.<\/p>\n

The suspect later walked into the museum and was apprehended. After he was in custody, he shouted, \u201cFree, free Palestine,\u201d Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said at a news conference.<\/p>\n

President Trump and other members<\/a> of his Cabinet have condemned the killings<\/a> as antisemitic attacks.<\/p>\n

Bongino said in an overnight statement<\/a> that the FBI\u2019s Joint Terrorism Task Forces team and the Metropolitan Police Department in D.C. were conducting a joint interview of the apprehended suspect.<\/p>\n

He also noted the agency was working with the U.S. attorney\u2019s office to review the evidence \u201cto determine additional actions.”<\/p>\n

\u201cEarly indicators are that this is an act of targeted violence,\u201d Bongino wrote. \u201cOur FBI team is fully engaged and we will get you answers as soon as we can, without compromising additional leads.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The FBI is investigating the shooting of two Israeli Embassy aides outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night as an \u201cact of terror,\u201d according to law enforcement. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said in a statement Thursday morning the incident has the \u201cfull attention\u201d of the bureau and pledged to pursue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/excellentdevelop.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}