A 31-year-old Illinois man has been charged with two counts of murder after opening fire 21 times on a young couple exiting an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., late Wednesday, according to a criminal complaint, shooting the victims in the back and then firing again at the woman as she tried to crawl away.

As Milgrim tried to crawl away in a desperate bid to survive, Rodriguez chased her and shot her again, as detailed in the charging documents.

People gathered in Wichita, Kansas on Thursday to pay homage to Sarah Milgrim, a Jewish woman killed in Washington D.C. on Wednesday as she was from Overland Park in Kansas. (AP Video: Nick Ingram)

Sarah Milgrim, killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum Wednesday with her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky, was very involved in Jewish life.

A 26-year-old woman was killed Wednesday evening along with her boyfriend in what the FBI has called a “targeted act of violence.”Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, staffers at the Israeli Embassy, were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum when a suspect approached a group of four people and opened fire,

The terror suspect accused of killing two Israeli embassy staff flaunted his support for Hamas online and attended Black Lives Matter protests.

Two young Israeli diplomats, Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, were tragically shot in Washington, D.C., in an act of antisemitic violence, prompting a community vigil in Davis, California, and a call for solidarity and vigilance.

In the suburbs of Kansas City, there is a long established Jewish community that is active beyond its modest numbers. The rabbis of the different synagogues all know each other, and families are often members of more than one congregation.

Sarah Lynn Milgrim of Johnson County and her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky, were on the eve of being engaged when they were killed near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.