🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy were shot this evening at close range while attending a Jewish event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC. 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." - Tal Naim Cohen, Spokeswoman of the Israeli Embassy in Washington.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "An Israeli diplomat and his female companion were both fatally shot as they exited an event at the Capital Jewish Museum." - CBS News, citing two unnamed law enforcement sources.

🇺🇸🇮🇱 - If a well-known or high-profile diplomat was killed, this will escalate from a local incident to an international incident in a heartbeat.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Israeli Ministry of Affairs reports that the shooter was apprehended by American law enforcement. The shooter has not yet been identified.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - We'll say it before the Jewish media does- he was Iranian!

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The two dead individuals are now confirmed to be a male Israeli diplomat and his wife. Their identities have not yet been revealed.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "Make no mistake: this was an attack on the Jewish community." - Anti-Defamation League.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "Just yesterday, the Jewish Museum in Washington received a special grant of half a million dollars to strengthen its security system." - N12, Israeli outlet.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "My team and I have been briefed on the shooting tonight in downtown DC outside the Capital Jewish Museum and near our Washington Field Office." - Kash Patel, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington D.C. is set to deliver a press briefing in the coming moments.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Press briefing has begun.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has taken the stage. AG Pam Bondi and the Israeli Ambassador to the United States are present.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "There is no active threat in our community. The horrific incident is going to frighten a lot of people in our city and our country, and I want to make it clear we will not tolerate this violence or hate. We're going to stand together against terrorism and antisemitism." - Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington D.C.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department has taken the podium.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "At approximately 9PM, we received multiple calls of a shooting. DC Fire and EMS, and despite all lifesaving attempts, two victims were killed." - Pamela Smith, Chief of DC Metropolitan Police.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "We believe the shooting was committed by a single suspect, who is now in custody. He produced a handgun, and struck two individuals who exited the building. The suspect then entered the building and was apprehended. He implied that he committed the offense, and chanted 'Free, Free Palestine!' while in custody." - Pamela Smith, Chief of DC Metropolitan Police.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: "The suspect has been tentatively identified as 30 year old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, Illinois." - Pamela Smith, Chief of DC Metropolitan Police.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Special Agent in Charge Steve Jensen has taken the podium.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "We are investigating this as a terrorist and hate crime incident." - Steve Jensen, FBI Special Agent in Charge.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter has taken the podium.