WASHINGTON (7News) — A man and woman were killed after shots reportedly rang out near the Capital Jewish Museum and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Washington Field Office in Northwest D.C. on Wednesday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
Both victims were employees with the Embassy of Israel who had attended an event at the Capital Jewish Museum moments beforehand, a spokesperson with the Israeli embassy confirmed to 7News.
The suspect, a 30-year-old man from Chicago, Illinois, was caught shortly after entering the building, and reportedly chanted “Free, Free, Palestine” at the time of his arrest, according to D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith.
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Officials said the shooting occurred along 3rd and F Streets, Northwest, at around 9:15 p.m., near the Capital Jewish Museum, the FBI field office, and the D.C. Public Defender’s Office.
The American Jewish Committee confirmed they hosted an event at the museum Wednesday evening.
“We have full faith in law enforcement authorities on both the local and federal levels to apprehend the shooter and protect Israel’s representatives and Jewish communities throughout the United States,” per a statement from Israeli Embassy spokesperson Tal Naim Cohen.
Police said they are searching for a man with a goatee wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans, and who was last seen eastbound on F Street, Northwest.
” The fatal shooting that took place outside the event that took place at the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. – in which Israeli embassy employees were also injured – is a depraved act of anti-Semitic terrorism,” Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon said.
Interim US Attorney for D.C. Jeannine Pirro and Attorney General Pam Bondi went to the scene this evening, sources familiar with their whereabouts told ABC News.
7News has reached out to the FBI for a statement.
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