The indictment, filed in federal court in Washington, charges Elias Rodriguez with nine counts, including a hate crime resulting in death.

The U.S. on Wednesday brought federal hate crime charges against the suspect accused of gunning down two Israeli embassy staffers outside a museum in Washington in May, alleging he targeted them because they were Israelis,

In the newly unsealed court documents, a Grand Jury ruled there were special findings that would allow for the death penalty as a potential sentence, should he be convicted.