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.

FBI agents in Chicago raided a residence Thursday as investigators attempt to piece together what led to the deadly shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington D.C. The couple were shot as they left an event at a Jewish museum.

Rodriguez told police on the scene, 'I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,' according to the charging documents. Witnesses recounted hearing him chant, 'Free Palestine' after he was taken into cu

The Justice Department charged Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, with murder of foreign officials, first-degree murder and other crimes in the shooting deaths of two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington.