May 22 (UPI) -- Two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot dead Wednesday night outside Washington's Capital Jewish Museum where an event was being hosted by the American Jewish Committee, officials and authorities said.
"Two Israeli Embassy staff were senselessly killed tonight near the Jewish Museum in Washington DC," Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on X.
Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith told reporters in a press conference that one person, the suspected shooter from Chicago, is in custody.
Police were notified of shots fired at 9:08 p.m. EDT outside the museum near the intersection of 3rd and F Street Northwest.
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