2025 killing of Israeli Embassy workers in Washington, D.C.
| 2025 killing of Israeli Embassy workers | |
|---|---|
| Part of violent incidents in reaction to the Gaza war | |
View of the site cordoned off by the Metropolitan Police Department just over three hours after the attack (May 22, 12:34 a.m.) | |
| Location | Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′50″N 77°0′54″W / 38.89722°N 77.01500°W |
| Date | May 21, 2025 9:08 p.m. (EDT) |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Weapon | 9mm Heckler & Koch semi-automatic handgun |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Victims | Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim |
At 9:08 p.m. on May 21, 2025, in Washington, D.C., a man armed with a handgun opened fire on a group of people outside of the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum, killing two staff members of the Embassy of Israel. The victims, a 30-year-old German-Israeli man named Yaron Lischinsky and a 26-year-old American woman named Sarah Milgrim, were a romantic couple. The couple was gunned down while leaving the museum, which was the venue for a "Young Diplomats Reception" hosted by the American Jewish Committee.
Event security staff apprehended a suspect, Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old resident of Chicago. Rodriguez was filmed yelling "Free, free Palestine!" while handcuffed. The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia stated that the attack was being jointly investigated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation as an act of targeted violence.