A couple was just days away from getting engaged, but last night, their lives were cut short. The two Israeli Embassy staff members were gunned down outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington DC.

The young couple were killed by a lone gunman outside an event at the museum. Israel's prime minister Netanyahu blamed antisemitism.

"There is a sense of mourning and loss and a scary reminder of the consequences of hate," one official said Thursday.

Metropolitan Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy, Dominique Dingle, in Southeast DC, offering a $25,000 reward for information.

Israel's foreign minister identifies DC shooting victims as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim.

CNN has obtained video from an eyewitness which appears to show the suspect in the deadly shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff. Images show him being taken away by police. The shooting happened near the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night and Washington Metropolitan Police have identified the suspect as a 30-year-old from Chicago.

Two Israeli embassy workers, who were shot dead outside a Jewish museum in DC by a Chicago man, were a “beautiful” couple who was about to be engaged.

The man and the woman were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum near Penn Quarter, Washington DC, and police have warned members of the public to avoid the area