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Midwest head of Anti-Defamation League says antisemitic rhetoric “is a major problem here in Chicago,” following fatal shootings allegedly by Chicago man.
Authorities raid Elias Rodriguez's Chicago apartment after he allegedly killed two Israeli embassy workers outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.
Several Jewish organizations and Chicago officials held a press conference Friday to condemn the fatal shooting of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, Israeli Embassy staffers, on Wednesday night as they were leaving an event at a Jewish museum.
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The suspect in an alleged targeted antisemitic deadly shooting in the nation's capital flew with his alleged murder weapon out of O'Hare airport Wednesday, court documents show.
Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said.
"Because of what happened in Washington, D.C., every Jewish organization, every Jewish institution is revisiting their security plans, is reviewing their protocols," said Daniel Goldwin, chief public affairs officer of the Jewish United Fund.
The suspect faces federal charges that include two counts of murder for the deaths of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky.