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Behind the Aegis

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Sun May 25, 2025, 08:23 PM Sunday

After killings, suspected gunman sat with guests at D.C. Jewish museum

Moments after a burst of gunfire was heard outside the Capital Jewish Museum in downtown Washington on Wednesday night, a breathless man in a blue suit rushed into the building.

Paige Siegel, a 30-year-old attorney and supporter of Israel who was attending a networking event at the facility, watched security let him in with several other people. She sat on a bench near the young man with the neatly trimmed beard and asked if he was okay, believing him to be seeking refuge from the unfolding violence. A friend of hers brought him a cup of water.

As the minutes ticked by, Siegel told The Washington Post in an interview, a dark thought popped into her head: “What if he did it?”

But she pushed it aside. The man appeared shaken up and kept muttering about calling the police, she said. She took him to be a “normal person that you walk by on the street.” She asked if he knew where he was and told him he was in a Jewish museum.

Suddenly, she recalled, he stood up.

“He starts screaming, ‘I did it. I did it for Gaza,’” she said. Then he shouted, “Free Palestine.”

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After killings, suspected gunman sat with guests at D.C. Jewish museum (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Sunday OP
Elias Rodriquez is Nothing But Cha Sunday #1

Cha

(311,217 posts)
1. Elias Rodriquez is Nothing But
Sun May 25, 2025, 09:40 PM
Sunday

a Cold Blooded Assassin who shot a Beautiful young Jewish Couple to death.

He only made in Worse for Palestinians with his fucked head..

💙Mahalo, BtA.

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