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.

Two Israeli embassy staff members were shot and killed while leaving a Jewish event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

The Justice Department today charged Elias Rodriguez, 31, with federal murder charges in connection to the fatal shooting Wednesday night of two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington,