The Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., is set to reopen after temporarily being closed following a shooting last week that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers.
The museum will open to the public at noon Thursday.
The museum, which opened in 2023, will hold a ceremony at 10 a.m. Thursday to memorialize Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, who were shot on May 21. The embassy staffers were killed just outside the museum in downtown Washington.
Police identified the suspected gunman as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez. He was apprehended at the scene and shouted “free, free Palestine” while being detained, according to law enforcement.
“This has been a difficult week for the entire Jewish community of DC and across the nation. We mourn the devastating loss of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, and our thoughts remain with their friends and loved ones,” the museum said. “Thank you to our community for the outpouring of support and love for one another in this heartbreaking time.”
The FBI said it is investigating the shooting as an “act of terror.”
Over the weekend, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter met with Milgrim’s family and condemned the shooting.
“When Sarah and Yaron fell, I understood that it was my responsibility as ambassador to call the parents and be the one to inform them. I did my best to comfort them on the phone. But comfort when you’re announcing the worst of all is very difficult. So I wanted to follow through and fly out here to spend some time,” Leiter said in an interview with Fox4.
