local time following an event, only to be gunned down “at close range”.

Details are still light concerning the shooting, but authorities have identified Elias Rodriguez, a 30-year-old man from Chicago, as a suspect.

Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith claimed in a press conference held after the incident that the suspect was pacing outside the museum before turning his gun on a group of four which included the aforementioned couple.

He was ultimately stopped by security, but not before fatally wounding two of his victims.

In the wake of the attack, having been placed in police custody, the suspect is reported to have shouted “free, free Palestine.” Chief Smith said that he “implied that he committed the offense” after being arrested, as well as directing police to where he discarded the weapon.

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