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The shooting took place late Wednesday outside the Capital Jewish Museum, which was hosting an American Jewish Committee event at the time of the incident.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced the deaths in an X post, saying, “We are actively investigating and working to get more information to share.”

The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriquez of Chicago, Illinois, "chanted 'Free, free Palestine,’ while in custody," she added.

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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 105 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (25 children)

The man who got shot had an active Twitter account. Very stand-up guy. Such a shame he got killed.

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 37 points 1 week ago

a innocent fella, such a tragedy 😔 anyways....

[–] Turbonics@lemmy.sdf.org 34 points 1 week ago

Ohnoanyways.gif

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 week ago

Won't find me weeping for an active defender of genocide being put in the cemetary.

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[–] shadowfax13@lemmy.ml 101 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

shooter’s manifesto. this will be spun as some anti-semitic bs when its clearly a desperate last act given the crackdown on peaceful protests and our politician bribed enough by aipac not giving a fig about them even when public opinion is overwhelming against israel.

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-israel-embassy-shooter-manifesto

no one deserves death for others actions but an israeli delegate is much more complicit than those helpless children and other innocents getting butchered everyday by israel.

these rich brats had a choice to be not part of the ongoing genocide or even make a stand. the children and families without water and food trapped in gaza have no choice other than to be target practice for idf scum

[–] belastend@slrpnk.net 24 points 1 week ago

Holy shit. This is insanely profound. Not dehumanizing his targets but acknowledging their humanity and therefore, their responsibility and the gravity of the thing he is about to do.

This wasn't a raving mad man stabbing or shooting the nearest, most Jewish looking person, this seems to have been a targeted shooting.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 58 points 1 week ago
[–] gradual@lemmings.world 44 points 1 week ago (13 children)

Good. Hopeful more happens to zionist scum in the future.

They need to be afraid to walk the streets.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 week ago
[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 34 points 1 week ago

This is HORRIBLE! Doesn't he know you're ONLY allowed to Murder CHILDREN and BABIES otherwise you're ANTI SEMETIC!

[–] GoodOleAmerika@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

They will spin this off for anti semitism. Nothing to do with genocide in Palestine. Thank God for whoever invented the cameras in cell phone that we could see the massacre around the world. Imagine how bad it was before smart phones were invented.

[–] IttihadChe@lemmy.ml 30 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"waow waow waow waow waow"

[–] Sandouq_Dyatha@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago

"I am fighting an enemy squad who is known for beheading children, but I don't know which one of them slits throats, so I chose to simply not shoot any of them"

[–] KrasMazov@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 1 week ago

zionazis down crab-dance

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I'm very conflicted on this. On the one hand, it is a good thing when genocide collaborators die, that's two less to worry about, but on the other, this could serve as a catalyst for further Zionist crackdowns on free speech.

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