The alleged gunman who shot dead two Israeli Embassy staffers was caught on video being detained while shouting “Free, free Palestine” moments after good Samaritans were helping him before realizing he was the killer.
The suspect, 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, allegedly opened fire and killed the couple outside the Capital Jewish Museum shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday in Washington, DC.
The museum was hosting an event organized by the American Jewish Committee.
Rodriguez was seen being bear-hugged by a security guard wearing a Metropolitan Police tactical vest and pushed toward an exit as two civilians rushed over to help the cop subdue him, video recorded by witness Katie Kalisher and posted to Instagram shows.
The guard secured the alleged shooter’s hands behind his back without struggle.
The guard is heard asking someone off-camera if they “have cuffs” after reaching down to his side.
The alleged gunman, with his arms being held behind his back by both the guard and the civilian, then begins shouting “Free, free Palestine” at the camera as he’s pulled out the door.
The suspect was seen pacing back and forth outside the museum leading up to the shooting, and allegedly flashed a handgun in front of a group of four people before opening fire, DC Metro Police Chief Pamela Smith said during a press conference.
Kalisher, who was attending the event for the American Jewish Committee’s Young Diplomats Reception at the museum, was inside when the gunfire rang out and saw Rodriguez come inside looking “distressed.” --->READ MORE HERE
The suspected terrorist busted for fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers has ties to a radical left-wing group that spearheaded Black Lives Matter protests and fiercely advocates on behalf of Palestinians.
Elias Rodriguez, 31, allegedly confessed to gunning down the couple outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, late Wednesday, when he was heard chanting, “Free, free Palestine,” cops said.
As investigators probed a motive behind the horrific antisemitic bloodshed, details were beginning to emerge about the anti-Israel agitator.
Rodriguez was once linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation — a far-left group that regularly posts anti-Israel rhetoric on social media.
“End the genocide. Israel out of Gaza now,” the group posted Wednesday — just hours before the DC shooting.
The group confirmed Rodriguez’s membership in the wake of the shooting as it distanced itself from the violence.
“We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL,” the group said in an X post early Thursday.
“He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it.”
In a since-deleted article on the group’s Liberation news outlet, Rodriguez was described as a member who participated in a 2017 Black Lives Matter protest outside the home of then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The protest was held on the anniversary of the death of 17-year-old black teen Laquan McDonald, who was gunned down by a Chicago cop.
Rodriguez railed against Amazon during the protest, accusing the company of not sharing its wealth with black residents.
“[Amazon’s] whitening of Seattle is structurally racist and a direct danger to all workers who live in that city,” he was quoted as saying.
“So do we in Chicago and all across the country want a nation of cities dominated and occupied by massive corporations where only the rich and white can live and the vast majority of us must live on the edges of the city and society living in deeper and deeper poverty?”
He previously worked as an oral history researcher at the History Makers — a nonprofit that documents African American history, his LinkedIn shows.
His bio on the site, which was deleted after the shooting, noted that he holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
“Prior to joining The HistoryMakers in 2023, he worked as a content writer for commercial and noncommercial firms in the technology space, both national and regionally based,” the bio page stated. --->READ MORE HEREFollow link below to a relevant story/video:
++++Terrorist Shoots and Kills Jewish Couple Outside the Jewish Museum in DC: ‘Free Palestine’ can now OFFICIALLY be considered a terrorist chant++++++
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