Woman Who Spoke with D.C. Suspected Shooter: ‘I Did It for Gaza’

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KALISHER: “He came over to where I was sitting, and I‘m trying to relax him. My friend even asks him, like, are you okay? Can we get you some water? And he‘s like, you know what? Actually, that‘d be great. Sure. So she goes and gets him some water and I‘m talking to him and I‘m like, so how do you like the museum? How is your day going? And he‘s like, oh, what kind of museum is this? And I understand now. He was kind of playing dumb with me. So I told him, oh, it‘s a Jewish museum. And he asked me, do you think that‘s why they did it? Like in reference to the rounds that we had heard and I didn‘t really put two and two together, but then I‘m thinking about it. Okay, we‘re at the capital Jewish museum, anti-Semitic attacks are not something that we‘ve never heard of before. Right. So I‘m thinking, okay, maybe, maybe that is why. And then suddenly he reaches into his backpack and pulls out a keffiyeh and looks me in the eye and says, I did it. I did it for Gaza. And that‘s when I understood that something was terribly wrong. And I got out my phone and started recording him. So that video that you‘ve seen going viral of him shouting free Palestine, free Palestine, long live the intifada! This was my video. And my friends are in the video. And it was.”