Suspect charged with murder in shooting deaths of two Israel embassy workers

The two victims struck by gunfire and killed were identified as Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, a young couple about to become engaged to be married

The scene of the shooting in Washington and inset, the victims who have been named as Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.

A Chicago man arrested as the lone suspect in the fatal shooting of a pair of Israeli embassy workers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington was charged on Thursday in federal court with two counts of first-degree murder.

Elias Rodriguez, 30, is accused of opening fire on a group of people on Wednesday night as they left an event for young diplomats hosted by the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy group that supports Israel and fights antisemitism.