DC shooter Elias Rodriguez called for ‘genocide of white people’ in leaked text messages: report

Additionally, witness testimony and additional messages demonstrated that Rodriguez held an animosity toward Israel and supported Hamas, the Palestinian terrorist organization. The communications provide a more comprehensive understanding of the alleged cold-blooded killer's political ideologies and long-standing convictions.

"Lol you probably would have to actually genocide white people to make this a normal country," Rodriguez wrote to his friends, according to the report.

"Like even a very targeted and selective rehabilitation program would probably have to lead to the lifetime imprisonments of tens of millions of white people," Rodriguez added.

Further allegations made by his friends suggest that while Rodriguez had allegedly never expressed disdain towards Jewish people, he had a severe hatred of Israel. "He never, ever said anything remotely racist about Jews or anyone," a friend told Klippenstein.

A friend added that Rodriguez was "a big proponent of the 'emerging resistance axis' of Russia, Iran, Hezbollah, Assad's Syria." The accused also referred to Israel as "The Little Satan," and "seemed pretty vocally in favor of Hamas for years - way before 2023," according to his friends.

Following the deaths of two Hamas leaders, Hassan Nasrallah and Yahya Sinwar, who were killed by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) during Israel's war against Hamas, Rodriguez wrote in a message: "Honestly i'm still just feeling sad about the murder of hassan nasrallah. It hurts when people are killed specifically for doing what's right, when so many are afraid to."

Additionally, Rodriguez said he was saddened by the killing of Sinwar, the former chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau, who helped construct the October 2023 terror attack on Israel, according to the report.

Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the double slaying of couple Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrime outside the Capital Jewish Museum on May 21 in Washington, DC. He allegedly opened fire 21 times and chanted phrases such as "Free Palestine" when committing the attack. The victims, both dual American-Israeli citizens, were about to be engaged to be married.

Fox News reported that there have been at least 31 terrorist attacks on Israeli embassies and/or diplomatic staffers around the world since 1969. The double killing came amid growing global protests and violence over Israel's war in Gaza.