Overview

• Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was a senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst interning for Rep. Ron Estes when he was killed by stray gunfire on June 30 near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
• Metropolitan Police Department agents have yet to make an arrest in the case of the unintended target of a rival-group shooting.
• The FBI and ATF have joined MPD efforts to enhance surveillance footage and conduct ballistic analysis.
• Authorities have boosted the reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction from $25,000 to $40,000.
• Tarpinian-Jachym’s mother has renewed public appeals for justice and criticized the uneven political response to her son’s death, highlighting risks faced by interns near federal landmarks.