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.

The two Israeli embassy workers who were shot and killed in Washington, D.C., on May 21 have been identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim.