AMY KLOBUCHAR, ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES DR.... Yechiel Leiter Israeli Ambassador to

Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli ambassador to the United States, said that they were a couple about to

to Israel." The couple that was gunned down tonight were about to be engaged," Yechiel Leiter

The suspect in the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff members outside of an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, chanted" Free, Free Palestine" after being taken into custody," D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said. One man and one woman--both staff members at the Israeli Embassy--were shot and killed as they exited an event on Wednesday night, officials said." Two staff members of the Israeli embassy were shot this evening at close range while attending a