A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted on hate crime charges the man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.

Elias Rodriguez, 31, newly faces two counts of hate crime resulting in death and two assault counts. It adds to an original batch of charges unveiled in May.

Federal prosecutors also moved closer to pursuing the death penalty by including a notice of special findings outlining aggravating factors that could make Rodriguez eligible for execution, if convicted.

Rodriguez stands accused of gunning down a young couple who worked for the Israeli Embassy — Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26 — on May 21 just outside D.C.’s Capital Jewish Museum as they were leaving an event.

Shortly after the shooting, Rodriguez alle

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