Suspect in killing of Israeli embassy staffers in Washington pleads not guilty
Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, is facing nine federal charges including murder of a foreign official and perpetrating a hate crime resulting in death.
ELIAS RODRIGUEZ appears, as depicted in a sketch, last Thursday at a US District Court, where he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum. He reportedly told police: ‘I did it for Palestine; I did it for Gaza.’(photo credit: Dana Verkouteren/Reuters)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
