Federal prosecutors are investigating the fatal shootings of a couple leaving a reception for young diplomats at a Jewish museum in Washington as a hate crime and an act of terrorism. The suspect told police officers,

The man charged with killing two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday told police after his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.” Elias Rodriguez also shouted “Free Palestine,

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Those responsible for the fatal attack against two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday will be prosecuted to the "fullest extent of the law," according to the White House.

The killings of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim are being investigated as a possible hate crime, authorities said. Elias Rodriguez, 31, is in custody.