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NBC News reports:
Two staff members of Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., were shot dead outside the district’s Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night, officials said. The suspect shouted “Free, free Palestine” while in police custody and “implied” that he committed the shooting, Washington Police Chief Pamela Smith said.
“We’ll be doing everything in our power to keep all citizens safe, especially tonight our Jewish community,” Bondi said at the news conference. She added that Jeanine Pirro, the interim U.S. attorney for Washington, will prosecute the case.
Steve Jensen, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office, said his team was working to pin down whether the shooting may have been hate-motivated or potentially an act of terrorism.
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I am on the scene of the horrible shooting outside the Washington, DC Capital Jewish Museum with @USAttyPirro. Praying for the victims of this violence as we work to learn more.
— Attorney General Pamela Bondi (@AGPamBondi) May 22, 2025
My team and I have been briefed on the shooting tonight in downtown DC outside the Capital Jewish Museum and near our Washington Field Office. While we’re working with MPD to respond and learn more, in the immediate, please pray for the victims and their families. We will keep…
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) May 22, 2025
Two Israeli Embassy staff were senselessly killed tonight near the Jewish Museum in Washington DC. 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.
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) May 22, 2025
I’m closely monitoring the shooting at the Capital Jewish Museum tonight in DC.
This sickening shooting seems to be another horrific instance of antisemitism which as we know is all too rampant in our society.
I’m praying for those who were killed, all those affected, and their…
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) May 22, 2025