❓WHAT HAPPENED: Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old intern, was killed in a drive-by shooting in Democrat-run Washington D.C., struck by a stray bullet.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, other victims, including a woman and a 16-year-old boy, and unidentified shooters.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Monday evening near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in downtown Washington, D.C.
🎯IMPACT: A young intern’s life was tragically cut short, and the shooters remain at large, increasing conservative dissatisfaction with crime and disorder under “home rule” in Democrat-dominated D.C.
Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a 21-year-old college student interning for Representative Ron Estes (R-KS), died after being struck by a stray bullet in a drive-by shooting in downtown Washington, D.C. The incident occurred Monday evening near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, where police found Tarpinian-Jachym unconscious with gunshot wounds. Authorities believe Tarpinian-Jachym was an unintended victim caught in gunfire aimed at others.
Multiple individuals reportedly exited a vehicle and opened fire. Two other victims, an unnamed woman and a 16-year-old boy, sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting. The shooters remain at large, and the Metropolitan Police Department is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to their arrest and conviction.
Notably, the shooting death occurred just blocks away from the Capital Jewish Museum, where far-left pro-Hamas activist Elias Rodriguez murdered two Israeli Embassy staffers in May. Rodriguez has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and other crimes following the fatal shooting.
Washington, D.C., has seen a concerning level of violent crime in recent years. In May of 2024, a Metropolitan Police Department captain was shot in the head just blocks from his precinct station.
The violence led President Donald J. Trump to sign an Executive Order in March to exert greater federal authority over the nation’s capital, including expanding federal law enforcement presence and directing Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors to seek federal charges against individuals arrested on gun offenses in the city.
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