Avery Miller, 27, is wanted on a first-degree murder charge for shooting Wolf – a 25-year-old Orthodox Jewish man from Baltimore.

US Capitol Police officer patrols around the US Capitol in Washington, DC (photo credit: REUTERS)
US Capitol Police officer patrols around the US Capitol in Washington, DC (photo credit: REUTERS)

 

DC Police have identified the shooter in Aryeh Wolf’s murder earlier this August and are requesting assistance in tracking the killer down, police said on Monday.

Avery Miller, 27, is wanted on a first-degree murder charge for shooting Wolf – a 25-year-old Orthodox Jewish man from Baltimore who leaves behind a wife and 6-month-old baby.

“At approximately 3:41 pm, members of the Sixth District responded to the listed location for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, members located an adult male suffering from an apparent gunshot wound,” the police statement read.

The motive for the shooting remains unclear.

Rise in antisemitic attacks

The murder of Aryeh Wolf is the latest in a string of anti-semitic assaults. A Jewish woman in her 40s was choked at a New York City subway station in early August – around the same time as Wolf’s murder – and another Jewish subway commuter was punched in the face and told by his attacker that he would shoot him if he had a gun.

As reported by The Jerusalem Post