In the summer of his 21st year, Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a young man with a passion for public service, ventured to Washington, D.C. A rising senior at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, he had secured a coveted internship with a U.S. Congressman, a stepping stone towards a future he was eagerly building. But on the night of June 30, 2025, his promising journey was abruptly and violently cut short on a street in the nation's capital. He was an innocent bystander, caught in the crossfire of a
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