The United States Department of Justice plans to pursue the death penalty against the man charged in the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy employees outside a Jewish museum in Washington, according to a federal court filing made public Friday.

Elias Rodriguez is facing federal murder and hate crime charges tied to the killings of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, who were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum last May.

Authorities allege that Rodriguez shouted anti-Israel slogans during the shooting and later admitted responsibility to investigators while expressing support for Palestinian terror groups.

“I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza,” Rodriguez stated to law enforcement following the shooting.

Lischinsky, an Israeli citizen working in Washington, and Milgrim, an American citizen, were reportedly planning to become engaged before they were killed in the attack.

Federal prosecutors said the hate crime charges are intended to establish that Rodriguez specifically targeted the victims because of antisemitic motives as they exited an event held at the museum on May 21.

Jeanine Pirro, the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, announced the Justice Department’s decision to seek capital punishment and warned against politically motivated violence in the nation’s capital.

“My message to anyone who seeks to commit political violence in this district – DC is not the place. You will be held accountable and you will face the full wrath of the law,” Pirro stated during a news conference on Friday, as quoted by AP.

Prosecutors described the shooting as a carefully organized attack carried out with advance planning. According to investigators, Rodriguez traveled from Chicago to Washington specifically to attend the museum event and transported a handgun in his checked baggage on a commercial flight.

Court documents state that witnesses saw Rodriguez walking around outside the building before he approached a group of four people and began firing.

Investigators said surveillance video showed Rodriguez continuing toward Lischinsky and Milgrim after they collapsed to the ground, firing additional shots at close range before reloading his weapon and fleeing the area.