The Department of Justice is investigating the Washington, DC, shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers as an act of terrorism and a hate crime, as details continue to emerge about the violent act,

New details are emerging about the shooting that killed two employees of the Israeli Embassy in D.C. outside the Capital Jewish Museum. The suspect is charged with first-degree murder.

An affidavit released in the criminal complaint against shooting suspect Elias Rodriguez says he fired at the embassy workers several times.

Witnesses to the barbaric shooting of two young Israeli diplomats ... was seen pacing back and forth outside the Capital Jewish Museum in the moments following the cold-blooded double slaying.

Investigators have seized writings that they believe belong to the suspect as they search for a motive in the fatal attack.

The man and the woman were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum near Penn Quarter, Washington DC, and police have warned members of the public to avoid the area