Two Israeli embassy staff members shot dead near Jewish museum in Washington

May 22, 2025 - PatialaPolitics

Two Israeli embassy staff members shot dead near Jewish museum in Washington

Two Israeli embassy staff were killed in a shooting outside an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night, and a suspect is in custody, officials said.

A man and a woman were shot and killed in the area of 3rd and F streets in Northwest which is near the museum, an FBI field office and the U.S. attorney’s office. They were a young couple about to be engaged to be married, the Israeli ambassador said.