A man and a woman were shot dead outside an event in the capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, they told ABC News to ABC News.
“Two members of the Israeli embassy staff were filmed tonight at a short distance while attending a Jewish event in the Jewish Capital Museum in Washington DC,” said the spokesman for the Israel Embassy in Washington, Tal Naim Cohen, in a statement on Wednesday night.
“We have full faith in the police authorities at the local and federal level to stop the shooter and protect the representatives of Israel and the Jewish communities throughout the United States,” the statement continued.
Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish committee, confirmed with ABC News that AJC had organized an event in the museum on Wednesday night, and added: “We are devastated that an indescribable act of violence took place out of the place. At this time, while we expect more police information exactly what it transpires, our attention and our hearts are alone with those who were harmful and their families.”
The incident took place near the FBI field office in DC, a FBI superior spokesman Posted in x that there was a presence of the office on the scene working together with the Metropolitan Police Department.
“FBI staff is on the scene working with MPD to answer. We will have a statement soon and share more information as we can,” Ben Williamson wrote.
The DC Police is seen in the scene of a shooting on May 21, 2025.
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At least one of the victims was first transported to a local hospital in critical condition, sources told ABC News.
The Attorney General of the United States, Pam Bondi, and the interim prosecutor of the United States of the district of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, went to the place shortly after the incident, Bondi said in a position on X.
“Praying for the victims of this violence while we work to learn more”, she wrote.
Danny Danon, the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, described the shooting in an “depraved act of anti -Semitic terrorism” in a Publish in x.
“Darmlar to diplomats and the Jewish community is crossing a red line,” he wrote.
Secretary of the United States National Security Department Kristi Noem He said in x“We are actively investigating and working for more information to share. Pray for the families of the victims. We will take this perpetrator depraved before justice.”
A person of interest is being questioned by the police, sources told ABC News.
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