Rodriguez’s charges were laid out in a criminal complaint. He was informed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh during an initial appearance in federal court Thursday that some of the charges against him carry the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison, officials said in the briefing later that afternoon.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside an event at a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., reflects an “alarming” rise in antisemitism seen since