US Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said, “These additional terrorism-related charges carry a mandatory life sentence under DC Code, while also reflecting the reality that this act was in fact an act of terror.”
Rodriquez was filmed on video calling out “Free Palestine” after he fired 20 shots from a semi-automatic handgun. So now it looks like he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison, if convicted.
Last year Israeli Embassy staff members Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were shot deat outside the Jewish Museum in Washington DC. That was in May 2025.
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Source: Jerusalem Post, 6 Feb 2026 pg 1. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-885664 https://www.jpost.com/tags/terrorism