Pritzker team member was at dc jewish museum where 2 Israeli embassy staffers were killed, governor says – ryan

Political Leaders in Illinois and Across Chicago, Along With Advocacy Groups Supporting Jewish and Muslim People, Condemned Thursday the Killings of Two Israeli Embassy Staff who were shot wednesday night.

Gov. JB Pritzker Said Said a Member of His Staff was Attending an event at the Capital Jewish Museum Near Where the Were Killed. A man from chicago has arrested in connection to the slayings, Said autorities.

“I was horrified to hear of the deadly shooting at the Capital jewish museum in Washington, dc, Last Night,” Pritzker Said in a Statement. He Said a Member of His Team was at the event at the Museum.

“While they are shake up, they are thankfully safe,” The Governor Said.

Israel Foreign Minister Gideon Saar Identified the Vicims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim. Lischinsky was a Research Assistant, and Milgrim Organized Visits and Mission to Israel.

They were leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum when the suspect Approached a Group of Four People and Opened Fire, Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith at a News Conference.

The suspect, identified as Elias Rodriguez, 31, of chicago, was observed pacing outside the museum before the shooting, walked into the museum after the shooting and was detail by event secity, Smith Said.

When he was takeen into Custody, The Suspect Beg Chanting, “Free, Free Palestine,” Smith Said. She Said Law Enforcement Did Not Believe There is an ongoing Threat to the Community.

“An Evening of Connecting and Belonging Hosted by the American Jewish Committee Quickly Tourned Into A Nightmare,” Pritzker Said in His Statement. “Young Jewish People and Diplomats Came Together in a Museum Built to Honor their SHARED BUT HAD TO FLEE GUN SHOTS AND WITNESS The Killing of A Young Couple.as a Jew Who Led the Building Dedicated to Standing Up AgaINST Bigotry and Hatred, I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I Sacred these places are and what trauma this incident has caused. ”

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Condemned The Killings During a News Conference Thursday, Offering His “DeePest Condolence to the Families, But Really My DeePest Condolences to the Jewish Community As A Whole.

“WE ARE NOT A BETTER, Stronger, Safer City if Our Jewish Community is Continuously Under Attack,” He Said.

Johnson Pedged to work to “Silence the Harsh and Violent Language” and the “Antisemitic sentiment that unfortunately has continued to spread Throughout City and Around This Country.”

Fiftieth ward ald. Debra Silverstein, The City Council’s Only Jewish Member, Said She was Heartbroken But not Surprised by What She Called The “Horrible Act of Terror” Nor the fact that a man from chicago has been charged with the double masonry.

“I was hoping that something like this would go not open on United States soil,” She Said. “But of Always Feed it.” She Said Jews in Chicago Don’t Feel Safe and “This Just Adds to Our Fear. … it’s just a really scary for all of us.”

Silverstein Said Chicago Police SUPT. Larry snelling and the Police Commanders Told her there is no known to the local jewish community, police are increasing patols and giving “extra attention .. (to) Our community.”

The Chicago Police Department, in Its Own Statement, Said It is Giving “Special Attention on the Israeli Consulate” in Chicago “and Places of Worship.”

Snerying confirmed thighsday that rodriguez does not have a criminal record, but declined to say more about it becase he is an active investigation being by the fbi.

Abughazaleh floor, a progressive political influencer who is running for congress in illinois’ 9th congressional distribution, posted On The Social Media Site Bluesky that “the fact that the gunman said he did it to ‘Free Palestine’ Makes with nauseous. Murdering People for their National Acceptable and this Violence Hurts Jews, Israelis and Palestinians,” she said.

David Goldenberg, The Midwest Director of the Anti-Defamation League, Said Members of the Jewish Community Are Angry, Sad and Concerned-But Surprised.

“We’re not surprised Because the Rhetoric and the Language that was used at Protests, at Marches, on Social Media by ELECTED OFFICALS WHICH FANS THE FLAME OF Antisetmitism Has Real Life Implications,” Goldenberg Said in An Interview. “And this is among the ultimate, where two young you Jewish individuals, the coming out of a jewish heritage month at a jewish museum, were muased.”

Josh Weiner, Co-Founder of the Chicago Jewish Alliance, Said he was angry, sad and distraught in the wake of the shooting.

“I Feel so Horrible; we all do,” Weiner Said. “All of these People who work in the american jewish life and in these consulates and embassies, they’re all families. … May Both of their memory be a blessing.”

But Mostly he was frustrated that reaction to Israel’s blockade of aid into gases COULD HAVE INTRODUCTION THIS OTHER VIOLENT ACTS, INCLUDING THE TRANSING OF A MAN ON HIS WAY TO SYNAGOGUE IN WEST LAST FALL, IN WHICH THE SYPECT HAS SYNCE BEEN Charged.

Weiner said while he “grieves for any life lost,” Israel’s wars in gases was no excuse for Violence Elsewhere.

Ahmed Rehab, Executive Director of the Chicago Office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, Said in a Statement: “We Stand Squarely Against Vigilate Violence.”

Disavowed Rodriguez’s Connection to the Overall Movement for Palestinians.

“We have Also clouds the cynical attempts to link an Act of a lone wolf to the Movement of Tens of Thousands of Peaceful Anti-Genocide Protests on Our Streets and in Our Schools,” he Said. “The fact is, the shooter departed from the Peaceful Movements.”

Contribing: AP, Violet Miller, Tom Schuba, Anna Savchenko, Fran Spielman