The Justice Department on Friday announced it will seek the death penalty against the man who gunned down the young Jewish couple in DC last year.
Last May 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, Illinois, was arrested after gunning down two Israeli Embassy staff members outside of a Jewish museum in DC.
The soon-to-be-engaged couple, Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgram, 26, were killed as they left an American Jewish Committee event at the Capital Jewish Museum.
Rodriguez shouted “Free, free Palestine!” as he was taken into custody, according to law enforcement.
Last summer, Jeanine Pirro announced a DC grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against Rodriguez:
“Count one, murder of a foreign official under 18: USC 1116 for the murder of 30-year-old Yaron Lischinsky a foreign official employed by the government of Israel.”
“Counts two and three are hate crimes resulting in death. Under 18: USC 249, where the defendant crossed state lines willfully caused bodily injury to Yaron Lashinsky and Sarah Milgram because of actual as well as perceived national origin, which resulted in both of their deaths.”
“Counts 4 and 5, the discharge of a firearms during a crime of violence causing the death of a person through the use of a firearms. The defendant knowingly used, carried, and discharged charged a firearms in relation to a crime of violence, and with malice of forththought, he did unlawfully kill Yaron and Sarah with a firearms.”
“Counts 6 and 7, first-degree murder while armed. The defendant, Rodriguez, with deliberate and premeditated malice, killed Yaron and Sarah by shooting each with a firearms, thereby causing injuries from which each died.”
“Counts 8 and 9, assault with intent to kill while armed, while armed with a firearm, he assaulted CS and AT, those are initials with intent to kill a person.”
On Friday, Pirro announced her office is seeking the death penalty against Elias Rodriguez.
“Let me be clear: anyone who commits acts of political violence in the nation’s capital will face the full force of the law,” Pirro said.
After extensive review of the facts and the law, my office will seek the death penalty against Elias Rodriguez. The superseding indictment alleges the intentional and premeditated murders of Yaron Lischinsky (30) and Sarah Milgrim (26), the targeted killing of individuals… pic.twitter.com/meCsDAiWdl
— US Attorney Pirro (@USAttyPirro) May 15, 2026
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