Suspected D.C. Shooter Charged, Trump vs. Harvard, SCOTUS Ruling On Agency Firings
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What happened in the D.C. shooting incident?
The man suspected of fatally shooting two Israeli embassy employees in D.C. has been charged with murder. He could still face additional charges. Police are investigating the killings as a possible hate crime. Ami Martinez with Michelle Martin, and this is Up First from NPR News. The Trump administration has opened a new front in its war against Harvard University by revoking the school's ability to sponsor international students. So how are current students affected? I think this moment is not just about visas.
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The man suspected of killing two Israeli embassy employees outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C., has been charged with two counts of murder, among other crimes.
Law enforcement officials say they're continuing to investigate the attack as a possible hate crime.
NPR's Jennifer Ludden is with us now with the latest. Jennifer, good morning. Good morning. I understand that we now have a lot more information on what exactly happened. So what can you tell us?
Yes, we do. We know now from the affidavit that the suspect, Elias Rodriguez, flew from his home in Chicago to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. That's the day before the attack. He declared a firearm in his checked luggage, and he bought a ticket to the event that was taking place at this Jewish museum three hours before it started. It was a mixer for young diplomats. From witness interviews and surveillance video, we also have some pretty gruesome details of the shooting. Law enforcement officials say Rodriguez shot at the two victims from the back. and kept firing repeatedly, even as one of them tried to crawl away. He then discarded his 9mm handgun, and eventually he went inside the museum and told a police officer that he had done this, saying, quote, I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza.
Yeah, and the Washington Post is also reporting that the gunman sat down indoors after the shooting as though he was fleeing the danger. A witness told the Post that somebody even got him a glass of water. So President Trump and others have called this an act of anti-Semitism. But is it correct that so far he has not been charged with a hate crime?
That's right. Not at this point. But Jeanine Pirro, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told reporters that the murder charges and others are only the beginning. Federal agents raided Rodriguez's home in Chicago yesterday. They learned that he expressed admiration for a person who self-immolated in front of the Israeli embassy here in D.C. last year. He described them as a martyr. And Pirro says investigators are going through massive amounts of evidence to learn what motivated him.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What happened in the D.C. shooting incident?
0:02–7:51
2
How are international students affected by Harvard's lawsuit?
7:51
3
What are the implications of the SCOTUS ruling on agency firings?
5:06–10:12
4
Who were the victims of the D.C. shooting?
10:12
5
What details do we know about the shooter?
4:01–12:32
6
How is the community responding to the shooting?
12:32
7
What legal actions is Harvard taking against the Trump administration?
7:00–16:08
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