DOJ plans to charge Elias Rodriguez with hate crimes and seek death penalty for shooting two Israeli embassy staffers.

The Justice Department plans to seek hate crime charges and the death penalty against Elias Rodriguez, accused of shooting two Israeli embassy staffers, Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. on May 21. Prosecutors aim to show Rodriguez's actions were motivated by antisemitism rather than just hatred toward Israel. Rodriguez faces charges including first-degree murder and could be indicted as early as this week.