White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that President Donald Trump is “saddened and outraged” by the fatal shootings of two Israeli Embassy staff members on Wednesday night outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington and that the culprit will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Leavitt made the comments at a briefing that aired live on Newsmax and the Newsmax2 free online streaming platform.

Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, were gunned down outside the museum after attending an event. The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, 31, reportedly shouted “Free, free Palestine” after Lischinsky, an Israeli citizen, and Milgrim, an American, were shot. He admitted shooting them, witnesses and D.C. law enforcement said.

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