Two Israeli embassy staff fatally shot outside Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC: Latest

If you’re just joining us, here’s the latest:

• A suspect has been arrested after two Israeli embassy staffers were shot dead at 9.15pm on Wednesday night outside of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
• The victims have since been named as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, a young couple who were about to become engaged.
• The gunman, who chanted “Free Palestine” as he was taken away by police, has been named as Elias Rodriguez.
• Both U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have denounced the killings as antisemitism and expressed their condolences to the victim’s loved ones.

Here’s Mike Bedigan and James Liddell’s full report.

Elias Rodriguez had a “brief association” with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL), which advocated on behalf of Palestinians, the group confirmed in a post on social media this morning.

But it added that he was not a member and that his activism with them ended in 2017: “We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL… We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it.”

Here’s more from James Liddell.

Here’s a moving tribute to the deceased political analyst from a close friend.

Here’s more on the tragic killing of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim from Tom Watling.

Beginning with President Trump, here’s some more of the domestic political reaction to last night’s events, which brought condemnation from both sides of the aisle.

This is the most recent update on the investigation from FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino:

David Lammy has condemned the “appalling” killing of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., in what he described as an “antisemitic crime”.

“Horrified by the killing of two Israeli Embassy staff in DC,” he wrote on X.

“We condemn this appalling, antisemitic crime. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and colleagues at this awful time.”

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are the latest to pay their respects to the victims’ families.

“ I actually offered him, gave him water. Unbeknownst to me was I that I was looking evil in the eye,” said Jojo Drake Kalin, organiser of the Annual Young Diplomats Reception.

Yoni Kalin and Katie Kalisher tell the BBC what they saw last night: