WASHINGTON — The process is underway to potentially seek the death penalty against the Chicago man that is accused of opening fire outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. and ultimately killing a Jewish couple who had just attended an event at the museum.

"We are starting the process, we have made no decision," said U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro during a Thursday morning news conference.

Pirro's announcement comes hours after a grand jury indicted Elias Rodriguez , 31, on nine counts including hate crime resulting in death and murder of a foreign official.

Court documents indicate that Rodriguez opened fire 21 times using a semi-automatic handgun. Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and his 26-year-old girlfriend, Sarah Milgrim, were killed that night. The

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