The Department of Justice is investigating the Washington, DC, shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers as an act of terrorism and a hate crime, as details continue to emerge about the violent act,

A political activist from Chicago was charged Thursday with the killing of two Israeli embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night. Elias Rodriguez, 30,

WASHINGTON — After a couple who work for the Israeli embassy was shot and killed leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum late Wednesday night, Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old man from Chicago, was arrested.

Elias Rodriguez, the alleged gunman who killed two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum, has ties to the Party for Socialism and Liberation.