<h1>Attack on diplomatic personnel prompts federal prosecution and joint homicide investigation after embassy staff were shot.</h1> Two Israeli Embassy employees were fatally shot after leaving a museum event; the suspect was detained by event security and police, observed chanting a political slogan, and is being interviewed by the Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI. The United States Attorney's Office will prosecute. Law enforcement stated there was no ongoing threat. The report identifies the victims as embassy personnel, notes witness accounts and video evidence of the suspect being restrained, and situates the attack within concerns about rising antisemitic incidents amid hostilities in Gaza.