Rodriguez’s charges were laid out in a criminal complaint. He was informed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh during an initial appearance in federal court Thursday that some of the charges against him carry the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison, officials said in the briefing later that afternoon.

A Chicago man is in custody on Thursday morning in connection with the fatal shooting of two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington. The victims were gunned down as they were leaving an event that was being held at the Capital Jewish Museum.

The Department of Justice is investigating the Washington, DC, shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers as an act of terrorism and a hate crime, as details continue to emerge about the violent act,