What to know on D.C. shooting victims Sarah Milgrim, Yaron Lischinsky

Days before they were killed outside D.C.'s Jewish Museum, Israeli Embassy staffer Yaron Lischinsky bought an engagement ring for his colleague Sarah Milgrim.

Just days before their lives were cut short by gunfire outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, Israeli Embassy staffer Yaron Lischinsky had purchased an engagement ring that he intended to give to his girlfriend and colleague, Sarah Milgrim.

He never got the chance.

Instead, the couple died together Wednesday night when a gunman shot and killed them as they were leaving a Young Diplomats reception at the museum organized by the American Jewish Committee.

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Lischinsky, 30, had planned to propose to Milgrim, 26, next week in Jerusalem, said the Israeli ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter. Lischinsky had planned to spend the Jewish holiday of Shavuot with his family in Israel, the AJC said in a statement.