A former New York state trooper has pleaded guilty to charges that he shot himself then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway.

Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, referred to the killings as an act of terror. “Targeted anti-Semitic violence is an attack on our core values and will be met with the full weight of federal law enforcement,” he said on social media.

The actions of Thomas Mascia were a deliberate betrayal of the public’s trust,” State Police Superintendent Steven G. James said.

The New York State Police are investigating a shooting in Fort Ann in Washington County. State Police and Washington County Sheriff's Office responded to Clay Hill Road in Fort Ann around 9 p.m. Thursday for reports of a shooting with individuals injured.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed in a post on X that the victims of the Washington, D.C., shootings, which took place at about 9 p.m. Wednesday less than a mile from the White House, were members of the "Israeli Embassy Staff."

Three people were killed over the weekend in separate shootings in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, including one right behind an NYPD precinct stationhouse in Harlem, police said. NYPD officials announced no immediate arrests in any of the incidents.

The NYPD is sending its heavy-weapons teams, the Critical Response Command, to Jewish houses of worship and other sensitive locations in response to last night’s shooting of two Israeli government employees in Washington D.