Updated May 22, 2025 - Politics & Policy

Man charged with murder in shooting of Israeli Embassy employees

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FBI agents cordon off the scene outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, in the early hours of May 22, 2025. Two Israeli embassy staffers were shot dead late Wednesday, May 21, outside a Jewish museum in Washington by a gunman who shouted "

FBI agents cordon off the scene outside the Capital Jewish Museum on May 22. Photo: Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images

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