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.

Authorities raid Elias Rodriguez's Chicago apartment after he allegedly killed two Israeli embassy workers outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C.

A socialist political party linked to Elias Rodriguez, the suspect in the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington, DC, who yelled "free, free Palestine" as he was arrested, denied that he is a member.

The suspected terrorist charged with gunning down two Israeli embassy workers in Washington Wednesday is associated with radical socialist groups funded by the far-left Chinese sympathizer, millionaire Neville Singham and his activist wife Jodie Evans.

Eric Rodriguz, the father of Elias Rodriguez, who killed a young Israeli diplomat couple outside the Capital Jewish Museum, was invited to President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress in March.

The Chicago man charged with killing two Israeli embassy staffers has been a vocal advocate for Palestinian issues and a staunch critic of corporations.

The contents of an alleged manifesto of Capital Jewish Museum shooter Elias Rodriguez has been revealed after he was accused of fatally shooting two people.