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    Two staff members of Israeli embassy killed in shooting 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 the evening of Wednesday (May 21), and a suspect is in custody, according to officials and media reports. 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, according to the reports. Washington police chief Pamela Smith said a single suspect who was seen pacing outside the museum before the event was in custody. The suspect chanted "Free Palestine, Free Palestine," in custody, she said.
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