Promising Congressional Intern Fatally Shot in D.C.: Eric Tarpinian-Jachym Remembered as Future Public Servant

A promising future in public service was tragically cut short this week when 21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a summer congressional intern, was fatally shot in Washington, D.C.Authorities believe he was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The incident occurred late Tuesday night, July 1, near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, according to WWLP. Eric, a rising senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was found unconscious and later died in hospital. Two others—a 16-year-old boy and an adult woman—were also struck by gunfire but survived.