KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Justice Department’s plans to go before a grand jury with evidence to seek federal hate crime charges against the man accused of fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staff members, CNN reports.

Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were shot and killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025.

Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, who shouted “free Palestine” after admitting to police he shot and killed the couple , is currently charged with using a firearm to commit murder, first-degree murder, murdering foreign officials, and using a firearm during a violent crime.

Prosecutors’ burden of proof to achieve a hate crime conviction must show Rodriguez was motivated by antisemitism and not by political disagreements with or hatred tow

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