WASHINGTON (CN) — A Chicago man arrested in connection with the fatal shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum last May pleaded not guilty to a set of murder, hate crime and terrorism charges on Tuesday.
Elias Rodriguez, 31, faces 13 counts in a superseding indictment in the May 21, 2025, killing of 30-year-old Yaron Lischinsky, an Israeli diplomat, and 26-year-old Sarah Milgrim, a U.S. citizen and employee at the Israeli Embassy.
Rodriguez, in his first court appearance in the case, was shadowed by a U.S. Marshal while entering his not guilty plea at the podium. He was primarily represented by Diane Shrewsbury of the D.C. Federal Public Defender’s Office…