UMass Amherst Student Interning for Kansas Congressman Shot and Killed in Washington, DC
“Died after being shot by multiple suspects exiting a vehicle in the 1200 block of 7th Street.”
This is so awful. It sounds like the student was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
FOX 25 in Boston reports:
UMass Amherst student interning for Kansas rep. killed in D.C. shooting
A DC Congressional student intern from the University of Massachusetts Amherst was shot and killed in the nation’s capital on Monday night.
Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, of Granby, died after being shot by multiple suspects exiting a vehicle in the 1200 block of 7th Street around 10:30 p.m., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
A woman and a 16-year-old male walking with the UMass student were also injured in the shooting, but are expected to recover.
Investigators say they don’t believe Tarpinian-Jachym and his group were the intended target of the shooting.
The suspect vehicle has been recovered, according to police, but no arrests have been made.
The Metropolitan Police Department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone with information that leads to an arrest in this case.
In a statement, a UMass Amherst spokesperson says the university has been in touch with Tarpinian-Jachym’s family.
“We extend our deepest condolences to all who knew him and will be communicating with the campus shortly to offer support,” the spokesperson said.
Tarpinian-Jachym was interning for the office of Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS).
State Committeeman Chris Ryan issued a statement on behalf of the Massachusetts Republican Party:
“The loss of DC Congressional student intern and Granby resident Eric Tarpinian-Jachym is a loss for Massachusetts and our nation. His family is now without its son, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst will be missing a promising young graduate from its Class of 2026. The Massachusetts Republican Party extends its deepest sorrows to his family and the office of Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS), all of whom are mourning the passing of this bright and talented young man.”
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Don’t expect justice here.
My brother was murdered on June 4th, 1969. He was shot in the back of the head, the victim of an armed robbery. He was a college student at the Catholic University of America. He was scheduled to receive a master’s degree in physics in two days. He was engaged to be married that September.
The authorities didn’t even record his age properly on his death certificate. They had the correct birth date and death date but showed his age as 23 even though he was 22.
There was no trial. Instead, the murderer was allowed to plead to second degree murder. Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr. sentenced him effectively to time served. The murderer was free to leave through the front door of the courthouse at the end of the sentencing hearing. The judge used the federal Youth Corrections Act (a law since replaced) for sentencing. Upon completion of parole, the conviction was automatically set aside, and the records would be sealed. The shooter could, under oath, state that he had no conviction for killing my brother. It was as if the murder never happened. My brother, however, stayed dead.
The Washington Post didn’t even report on his sentencing.
My brother was guilty of walking while white in Washington, D.C. The murderer and accomplices were black. The judge was black. The mayor was black as was the majority of the population of the city. The murderer’s sentence shocks the conscience. Washington D.C. is the city where Black Lives Matter and my brother’s life didn’t.
That whole story is just plain sad. I’m sorry that it took place. The Walton disregard for the life of your brother and not even being able to keep the records straight on the death certificate speaks volumes. Granted that was back in the 1960s. I think we’re an extremely patient nation the vigilante justice hasn’t taken place in all of this time.
There was a time when I nurtured hatred in my heart against the murderer of my brother. The unjust sentencing further fueled my hatred. I felt justified in my hatred.
For a Christian, vengance is up to God. It took more than a decade to realize that this hatred was wrong. Yet my hatred persisted. After more years, I acknowledged to myself that I did not have the power to put this long-standing hatred aside.
Finally, I asked God to take my hatred away. In that instant, God took my hatred away. It has never come back. I am a man at peace.
I am so sorry for your loss.
condolences
6% of the population causing more than 50++% of allll violent crimes in america is part of their reparations bullllls
again
condolences
I visited DC several times on business. I never felt safe outside even during the day. The place just has this aura to it that I can’t describe.
“curiously” (NOT) there has been almost no coverage of this on the radio … I heard it mentioned only ONCE … I wonder if the perpetrators might be of some “protected class”…?
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