The man accused of ruthlessly killing two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, DC, earlier this year, chanting pro-Palestine slogans during his arrest, pleaded not guilty on Thursday to the charges against him, some of which could carry the death penalty.

The federal indictment against Elias Rodriguez, who prosecutors say shot and killed Israeli Embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim outside of an American Jewish Committee event in May, includes counts of premeditated murder and hate crimes resulting in death

Investigators say Rodriguez was caught on surveillance footage approaching Milgrim and Lischinsky as they prepared to leave an event at the Capital Jewish Museum. Footage, court records say, show Rodriguez firing at the two victims, leaning over them “with his

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