The Department of Justice is investigating the Washington, DC, shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers as an act of terrorism and a hate crime, as details continue to emerge about the violent act,

Israeli officials named the victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim. Police said a suspect, “tentatively identified” as Elias Rodriguez, was in custody.

​Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim had spent the evening at an event dedicated to bringing together war-torn and politically divided regions of the world when a man with a gun killed the soon-to-be engaged Israeli Embassy staffers Wednesday.