The Justice Department today charged Elias Rodriguez, 31, with federal murder charges in connection to the fatal shooting Wednesday night of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington,

Chicago man Elias Rodriguez, 30, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder over their killings, which took place outside of a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.

Two members of the Israeli Embassy staff were gunned down outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, officials said.