Elias Rodriguez
Murderer of innocent Christian Israeli and American
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🏠 Background & Personal Info
• Hometown & Residence
• A 31-year-old Chicago native, specifically from the Avondale/East Albany Park area on the city’s North Side   .
• Family & Parents
• His father, Eric Rodriguez, served in the Iraq War and is reportedly a member of the Service Employees International Union. The family lives separately and has not publicly commented on the shooting  .
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🎓 Education & Work History
• University
• Graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a degree in English   .
• Professional Career
• Worked in administrative and research roles:
• Former oral history researcher & logistics coordinator at The HistoryMakers, a nonprofit preserving African American stories  .
• Recently employed by the American Osteopathic Information Association in Chicago as an administrative specialist  .
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🏡 Living Situation & Community Involvement
• Lived in a middle-class apartment on Chicago’s North Side, with neighbors describing him as quiet, polite, and unremarkable   .
• Apartment environment contained visible pro-Palestinian signage, including advocacy linked to Wadea Alfayoumi, a Palestinian-American child tragically killed in Chicago   .
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🕊 Political & Activist History
• Activism
• Briefly associated with the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) around 2017, attending protests—PSL confirms no contact since then and no ongoing ties    .
• Active participant in Chicago protest movements, including Black Lives Matter and ANSWER Coalition actions   .
• Radicalization
• His social media and online manifesto reflect escalating ideological intensity focused on Gaza, including admiration for radical gestures and calls to “bring the war home.” Authorities are currently investigating those writings
it’s almost amazing how people run from me how people turn from me and on me a few people have seen me for a little bit like on here some of you specifically Mark he gave me money couple times others of you too. I don’t want money but like I have the best nonprofit that I need help with and it’s a pretty great investment I think.
I’m posting this for my dad. For a while this place felt like a safe haven for him, but his brain injury also made it overwhelming. He’s always worn shirts – MAGA, “I Support Elon,” “I Identify as Vaccinated” – anything just to start conversations. That’s really what he wants, to talk to people and feel like he can help.
He feels the pain of people like him: brain injury survivors, disabled, homeless, mentally ill, addicted. Most of the time it’s just been him in a trailer or hotel room. When he called people and used awful words, it wasn’t to hurt them—it was trying to get them to see the pain their actions cause to the most vulnerable, not just him. He just wanted them to stop.
He’s never threatened anyone. But they’ve moved his case from OC to LA to SF, digging through his phone, and now his health is collapsing. We’re scared. We’re trying to get his Hope After Stroke dream going, but right now he needs a safe place to live and legal help from someone who ...
