Rodriguez’s charges were laid out in a criminal complaint. He was informed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh during an initial appearance in federal court Thursday that some of the charges against him carry the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison, officials said in the briefing later that afternoon.

Police identified the suspect as Elias Rodriguez, a Chicago man in his early 30s, in a shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers.

Elias Rodriguez charged with murder after allegedly shooting Israeli Embassy staffers. His father, Eric, a veteran, attended Trump's speech to Congress.

The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum issued a statement on Thursday condemning the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy employees the day before. Sarah Milgrim, 26, and Yaron Lischinsky, 30, were shot and killed on Wednesday night outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., after attending an event there.

Federal prosecutors are investigating the fatal shootings of a couple leaving a reception for young diplomats at a Jewish museum in Washington as a hate crime and an act of terrorism. The suspect told police officers,

Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were departing an event Wednesday evening when they were gunned down and killed.