India, May 22 -- Two Israeli embassy workers, who were shot dead outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC by a Chicago man, were a "beautiful" couple who was about to be engaged, Yechiel Leiter, Israel's ambassador to the US stated in a news conference.

"The young man purchased a ring this week with the intention of proposing to his girlfriend next week in Jerusalem," Leiter told media.

"They were a beautiful couple," the Israel's ambassador to the US added.

The names of victims have not been released yet.

The DC shooting suspect has been identified as Elias Rodriguez, who was taken into police custody. In anow viral video on X, he can be heard chanting "free Palestine, free Palestine" slogan during his arrest.

The FBI's Washington F...