Who Is Elias Rodriguez? A Portrait of Jewish Museum Shooting Suspect Emerges - WSJ


Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old Chicago activist, is accused of fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers, his actions fueled by pro-Palestinian activism and broader progressive causes.
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CHICAGO—The 31-year-old Chicago man who allegedly shot and killed two young Israeli Embassy staffers Wednesday night is an activist who has vocally protested on behalf of pro-Palestinian issues and a range of progressive and anticorporate causes. Elias Rodriguez once demonstrated with a socialist group outside the home of then-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel against the city’s bid for a new Amazon headquarters, and to mark the anniversary of a fatal police shooting of a Black teenager. Some of his anger had roots in his boyhood, dating to his father’s apparent deployment to Iraq. 

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