A suspect in the fatal shootings of two members of the Israeli Embassy near the Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., has been identified as Elias Rodriguez of Chicago.

The museum, located 1.3 miles from the White House in Washington, D.C., is in a busy part of the city packed with federal offices and museums.

Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested,

Terrorism police have rushed to the scene in Penn Quarter, Washington DC and have asked people to avoid the area while they investigate the shocking attack

A man and a woman were shot and killed near an FBI office in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, the DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department confirmed to CBS News. The double-shooting occurred at around 9:15 p.m. local time near an FBI office building in the 300 block of F St., NW. Officers are still searching for the suspect.