2 Israeli Embassy staff members killed – Washington, DC

May 21, 2025

One man and one woman — both staff members at the Israeli Embassy — were shot and killed as they exited an event on Wednesday night, officials said.

“Two staff members of the Israeli embassy were shot this evening at close range while attending a Jewish event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC,” Israeli Embassy in Washington spokesperson Tal Naim Cohen said in a statement Wednesday night.

The suspect in the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members outside of an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, chanted “Free, Free Palestine” after being taken into custody,” D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said.

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