Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office issued a statement in the aftermath of the shooting saying he was "shocked" at the murder of two employees of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening near a Jewish museum, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said.

Noem announced the deaths in a post on X after the shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum, which is located steps away from the FBI’s field office in the nation’s capital.