A University of Massachusetts student who was interning in Congress was killed in a shooting in Washington, D.C., this week.Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, of Granby, Massachusetts, was one of three people who were wounded in a shooting near the convention center around 10:30 p.

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.

Police responded to gunfire at about 10:28 p.m. Monday in Washington, D.C., according to the Metropolitan Police Department.