D.C. police on Wednesday stated the person killed in a triple capturing close to downtown earlier this week was a school intern for Rep. Ron Estes.
Metropolitan Police stated Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, died Tuesday from accidents he suffered within the capturing the night time earlier than on the 1200 block of seventh Road Northwest.
The assault additionally wounded a lady and a 16-year-old boy, whom authorities didn’t determine.
Authorities stated they don’t imagine Mr. Tarpinian-Jachym was the supposed goal of the capturing, which erupted round 10:30 p.m. Monday when a number of suspects hopped out of a automobile and opened hearth on a gaggle of individuals.
Mr. Estes, Kansas Republican, stated Mr. Tarpinian-Jachym started interning at his workplace final month.
The sufferer, who was from Granby, Massachusetts, was set to turn out to be a senior at College of Massachusetts Amherst this fall. He majored in finance with a minor in political science.
“I’ll bear in mind his variety coronary heart and the way he all the time greeted anybody who entered our workplace with a cheerful smile,” stated Mr. Estes in an announcement.
“We’re grateful to Eric for his service to Kansas’ 4th District and the nation. Please be a part of Susan and me in praying for his household and respecting their privateness throughout this heartbreaking time,” the lawmaker stated.
In response to native Fox affiliate WTTG, Mr. Tarpinian-Jachym, the intern is listed as a member of the 2025 Washington Fellowship program with the Fund for American Research
The Fund stated in an announcement that it was “heartbroken on the tragic and premature demise of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym.”
“He was a hardworking intern, a devoted pupil and was properly considered by his friends. Our ideas and prayers exit to his household and associates,” the Fund stated.
UMass Amherst stated it was “in communication with the scholar’s household. We lengthen our deepest condolences to all who knew him and will likely be speaking with the campus shortly to supply assist.”
Police stated they recovered the suspects’ automobile, however no arrests have been made thus far.
Capitol Hill has been victimized by the District’s prison factor within the current previous.
Throughout the metropolis’s generational crime wave in 2023, Rep. Angie Craig, Minnesota Democrat, was attacked by a person in her condominium constructing who had a prolonged prison document. Rep. Henry Cuellar, Texas Democrat, additionally had his automobile taken by a gaggle of armed thieves.
A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was severely wounded in a random stabbing alongside H Road Northeast that very same 12 months, and a staffer for Sen. Katie Britt was held up at gunpoint as properly.
Nevertheless, violent crime has seen a serious drop since 2023, when the town battled a scourge of carjackings, muggings and its highest murder whole for the reason that late Nineteen Nineties.
