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Investigators have seized writings that they believe belong to the suspect as they search for a motive in the fatal attack.
The statement was signed by groups representing the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform movements as well as other major organizations.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon described the shooting as “a depraved act of anti-Semitic terrorism” in a post on X. The shooting, which took place in the area of 3rd and F Street NW, killed a man and a woman, who have not yet been publicly identified. Others, including Israeli embassy employees, were injured.
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
The suspect in the fatal shooting of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., has been identified as a 30-year-old from Chicago.