‘Aventura stands with Israel’: Local memorial held for couple fatally shot outside Jewish museum in DC

A concerned and saddened public came together in Aventura to mourn the young couple who was shot and killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington D C News cameras captured a speaker addressing between and attendees at the memorial held at The Shoppes at The Waterways Friday evening People gathered to remember the two staffers at the Israeli Embassy in the nation s capital who leadership reported were murdered while leaving a reception for young diplomats at the Capital Jewish Museum Wednesday night The casualties were identified as -year-old Yaron Lischinsky and -year-old Sarah Milgrim The suspect Elias Rodriguez was taken into custody shortly after Video shows the -year-old shouting Free Palestine as he was taken away City leaders at the memorial in Aventura announced they are uniting against hate and offered words of strength and encouragement during this arduous time The memorial was organized by Aventura-Cares a nonprofit that was co-founded by Aventura City Commissioner Rachel S Friedland She spoke with News before the event got underway We are gathering because hate and antisemitism took over the world in Washington D C two days ago and we are coming to unte against hate explained Friedland If this can happen in Washington it can happen anywhere in the world and we have to stand tall and let our elected functionaries know to stand up and fight against this to protect everybody Federal functionaries commented that after his arrest Rodriguez narrated police I did it for Palestine I did it for Gaza Speakers at the memorial reiterated the message that Aventura stands with Israel and condemns all forms of hate According to Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter Lischinsky had bought an engagement ring and was going to propose to Milgrim during an upcoming trip to Jerusalem