Federal prosecutors are investigating the fatal shootings of a couple leaving a reception for young diplomats at a Jewish museum in Washington as a hate crime and an act of terrorism. The suspect told police officers,

Rodriguez’s charges were laid out in a criminal complaint. He was informed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew Sharbaugh during an initial appearance in federal court Thursday that some of the charges against him carry the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison, officials said in the briefing later that afternoon.