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9/5/2025, 8:09:50 PM
No.514891148
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9/5/2025, 8:09:50 PM
No.514891148
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DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro charges 2 teens with murder for slaying of congressional intern
https://nypost.com/2025/09/05/us-news/dc-us-attorney-jeanine-pirro-charges-two-with-murder-for-slaying-of-congressional-intern-in-june/
https://archive.is/qAwZL
WASHINGTON — DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that two teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder and will be tried as adults for the slaying of a congressional intern in June — and that a third suspect is still being pursued.
Jalen Lucas and Kelvin Thomas Jr., both 17, were apprehended in DC and charged with killing Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, in a July 1 shootout about a mile northeast of the White House.
The three gunmen allegedly unloaded 79 rounds from two rifles and a 9mm handgun at a “neighborhood crew” rival riding a bike, authorities said, but struck Tarpinian-Jachym and other bystanders.
“Eric didn’t deserve to be gunned down, and the system failed him — the system that felt that juveniles needed to be coddled. And it’s bad not to be gunned down on any street, but to be gunned down in our nation’s capital is an outrage,” Pirro said.
“The DC Council thinks that these kids need to be protected. They don’t need to be protected. They need to be made accountable, and we need to be protected… This killing underscores why we need the authority to prosecute these younger kids, because they’re not kids, they’re criminals.”
Pirro said that the case was being prosecuted under DC law, rather than federal law, meaning the two suspects are not eligible for the death penalty — as President Trump has threatened.
Tarpinian-Jachym was murdered at an intersection with a Metro station just off the Washington Convention Center. The neighborhood has pockets of public housing associated with higher rates of violent crime.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowswer, a Democrat, appeared alongside Pirro and endorsed trying the 17-year-olds as adults, who allegedly fled the shooting in a stolen car.
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https://archive.is/qAwZL
WASHINGTON — DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that two teenagers have been charged with first-degree murder and will be tried as adults for the slaying of a congressional intern in June — and that a third suspect is still being pursued.
Jalen Lucas and Kelvin Thomas Jr., both 17, were apprehended in DC and charged with killing Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, in a July 1 shootout about a mile northeast of the White House.
The three gunmen allegedly unloaded 79 rounds from two rifles and a 9mm handgun at a “neighborhood crew” rival riding a bike, authorities said, but struck Tarpinian-Jachym and other bystanders.
“Eric didn’t deserve to be gunned down, and the system failed him — the system that felt that juveniles needed to be coddled. And it’s bad not to be gunned down on any street, but to be gunned down in our nation’s capital is an outrage,” Pirro said.
“The DC Council thinks that these kids need to be protected. They don’t need to be protected. They need to be made accountable, and we need to be protected… This killing underscores why we need the authority to prosecute these younger kids, because they’re not kids, they’re criminals.”
Pirro said that the case was being prosecuted under DC law, rather than federal law, meaning the two suspects are not eligible for the death penalty — as President Trump has threatened.
Tarpinian-Jachym was murdered at an intersection with a Metro station just off the Washington Convention Center. The neighborhood has pockets of public housing associated with higher rates of violent crime.
DC Mayor Muriel Bowswer, a Democrat, appeared alongside Pirro and endorsed trying the 17-year-olds as adults, who allegedly fled the shooting in a stolen car.
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