Overview

• Elias Rodriguez, 31, has been indicted on two counts of first-degree murder and murder of foreign officials and could face the federal death penalty as investigators probe his links to radical groups and extremist rhetoric.
• The FBI officially classified the attack on embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim as an act of terror after Rodriguez allegedly shouted “Free Palestine” during his arrest.
• On May 29 the Capital Jewish Museum opened to the public with a memorial ceremony honoring the two victims, whose funerals were held in Washington and in their Kansas hometown.
• The national Democratic Socialists of America issued a formal condemnation of the killings and disavowed its Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Liberation Caucus, which had praised Rodriguez’s actions.
• Bipartisan lawmakers denounced the slaying as an antisemitic attack and urged tougher measures to combat extremist rhetoric and bolster security at Jewish institutions.