Knowing people who have young adults in their family who previously received invitations to work as interns at the White House, when 21-year-old intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was murdered on June 30, it was alarming.  The crime happened just a mile from the White House.  Investigators stated several individuals exited a vehicle and began firing shots at a group of people, striking and killing Eric and shooting a 16-year-old male and adult female, who both survived.

So far in 2025, 91 people have been killed in Washington, D.C.  That is a murder every 2.5 days since January 1.

While the FBI are assisting the Metropolitan Police Department in the investigation of Eric’s death, and a $40,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killers, there are no suspects and no one has been arrested.

Eric’s mother harshly criticized Washington, D.C.’s electeds, saying residents “are not being protected,” and she feels the D.C. council treats violent crime like a “joke.”  She stated, “this isn’t a joke anymore.  People are getting killed.  I don’t care what color you are.  I don’t care if you have money or not.”

Former homicide Detective Ted Williams stated,

Drive-by shootings are always very difficult to resolve.  And yet, there are a lot of individuals who know a great deal, …and some of these individuals, these witnesses, actually know who the shooters are.  But because of the intimidation factor here in the District of Columbia, you will find that these individuals will remain silent.

In addition to murders,

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