A congressional intern for the office of U.S. Rep. Ron Estes was shot and killed Monday night in Washington, D.C., authorities say. The Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department identified the victim as 21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym.

A 21-year-old congressional intern was killed Monday night in what police believe was a targeted shooting that claimed an unintended victim in Northwest Washington, D.C. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, of Granby, Massachusetts, died Tuesday after being shot the night before near the intersection of 7th and M Street.