Two Israeli Embassy staff members were shot dead Wednesday night outside Washington's Capital Jewish Museum where an event was being hosted by the American Jewish Committee, officials and authorities said.

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

WASHINGTON (7News) — A man and woman were killed after shots reportedly rang out near the Capital Jewish Museum and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Washington Field Office in Northwest D.C. on Wednesday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).