Mom Of D.C. Crime Victim Says Nation’s Capital Needs Intervention

In the evening of June 30, a young congressional intern was shot while walking in the 1200 block of 7th Street on Washington, D.C.’s northwest side. “After all lifesaving measures failed, the adult male victim succumbed to his injuries at a hospital,” the Metropolitan Police report states. 

Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was in the wrong place at the wrong time. 

The University of Massachusetts Amherst senior who was majoring in finance with a minor in politic science had bright future in front of him. Tarpinian-Jachym was interning in the office of Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, when he was caught in a hail of gunfire that wasn’t intended for him. Another collateral damage victim in the nation’s capital, one of the most dangerous places in the United States of America. 

According to the police report, multiple suspects exited a vehicle at the intersection of 7th and M Street, northwest, and began firing at a group.