May 22 (UPI) -- The suspect accused of shooting to death two Israeli Embassy staff members on Wednesday night was charged with first-degree murder in federal court on Thursday.

Elias Rodriguez, 31, did not enter a plea during his arraignment hearing at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

He is charged with first-degree murder, murder of foreign officials, causing the death of a person through the use of a firearm and discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence, according to an FBI affidavit .

The affidavit says Rodriguez shot and killed two individuals outside Washington's Capital Jewish Museum, where an event was being hosted by the American Jewish Committee.

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