Intern for House Republican Ron Estes fatally shot in DC – Washington Examiner
A 21-year-old intern for House Republican Ron Estes, named Eric tarpinian-Jachym, was fatally shot in Washington, D.C. on Monday night. Tarpinian-jachym, who had started working in Estes’s office in June, was a college senior at UMass Amherst and hailed from Granby, Massachusetts. He was found with two other individuals who sustained gunshot wounds after police responded to reports of gunfire on Seventh Street Northwest. Despite emergency efforts, Tarpinian-Jachym succumbed to his injuries the following day. authorities do not believe he was the intended target of the shooting, indicating that multiple suspects fired at a group from a vehicle. Rep. estes honored Tarpinian-Jachym’s memory, describing him as kind-hearted and always cheerful.Tarpinian-Jachym was studying finance and political science at university, and his death marks a tragic incident in a city that has recently seen other violent events.
Intern for House Republican Ron Estes fatally shot in DC
A 21-year-old intern for Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS) was killed in a shooting in Washington, D.C., on Monday night.
The intern, Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, joined Estes’s office in June. He is a resident of Granby, Massachusetts, and is attending college at UMass Amherst. He will be a senior this fall.
Police found Tarpinian-Jachym along with a woman and a 16-year-old male suffering from gunshot wounds after they were called in for the sound of shots fired on the 1200 block of Seventh Street Northwest before 10:30 p.m. on Monday night.
Tarpinian-Jachym died on Tuesday after lifesaving measures failed. The woman and the 16-year-old male survived.
Police don’t believe Tarpinian-Jachym was targeted in the shooting.
“The preliminary investigation indicates that multiple suspects exited a vehicle at the intersection of 7th and M Street, Northwest, and began firing at a group. The suspect vehicle has been recovered. Detectives believe the decedent was not the intended target of the shooting,” a police statement said.
Estes mourned Tarpinian-Jachym, whom he said was kind. “I will remember his kind heart and how he always greeted anyone who entered our office with a cheerful smile,” Estes said in a statement on Wednesday. “We are grateful to Eric for his service to Kansas’ 4th District and the country.”
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Tarpinian-Jachym was majoring in finance and minoring in political science, Estes said.
Two Israeli Embassy staffers were killed earlier this year in Washington, D.C., in a highly publicized political violence incident. No evidence has pointed to Tarpinian-Jachym’s killing being politically motivated.
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