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18-year-old charged with murder of congressional intern and teen girl days apart in DC
18-year-old charged with murder of congressional intern and teen girl days apart in DC
Thomas Robertson | trobertson@wtop.com
October 30, 2025, 5:28 PM
An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in the killings of a congressional intern, who was hit by stray gunfire in D.C.’s Mount Vernon Square in late June, and a teen girl, who was gunned down inside a home in the Carver-Langston neighborhood on the Fourth of July.
Naqwan Lucas, 18, faces a slew of charges, including murder, in the June 30 shooting of 21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, of Granby, Massachusetts. Tarpinian-Jachym was a congressional intern for Kansas Rep. Ron Estes. … Two other teens are also charged with murder in that case. … Police said they did not believe the intern was the intended target. A woman and a teenage boy were also injured in the shooting.
According to the preliminary investigation, the teens exited from a car and began firing at “a group.” … “They were a crew. They were the Tyler House. They were masked up and they were gunned up and they were ready for a fight,” U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said during a Thursday news conference.
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WTOP’s Gaby Arancibia and Ciara Wells contributed to this report.
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Thomas Robertson
Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.
trobertson@wtop.com
Thomas Robertson | trobertson@wtop.com
October 30, 2025, 5:28 PM
An 18-year-old man has been charged with murder in the killings of a congressional intern, who was hit by stray gunfire in D.C.’s Mount Vernon Square in late June, and a teen girl, who was gunned down inside a home in the Carver-Langston neighborhood on the Fourth of July.
Naqwan Lucas, 18, faces a slew of charges, including murder, in the June 30 shooting of 21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, of Granby, Massachusetts. Tarpinian-Jachym was a congressional intern for Kansas Rep. Ron Estes. … Two other teens are also charged with murder in that case. … Police said they did not believe the intern was the intended target. A woman and a teenage boy were also injured in the shooting.
According to the preliminary investigation, the teens exited from a car and began firing at “a group.” … “They were a crew. They were the Tyler House. They were masked up and they were gunned up and they were ready for a fight,” U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said during a Thursday news conference.
{snip}
WTOP’s Gaby Arancibia and Ciara Wells contributed to this report.
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© 2025 WTOP. All Rights Reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.
Thomas Robertson
Thomas Robertson is an Associate Producer and Web Writer/Editor at WTOP. After graduating in 2019 from James Madison University, Thomas moved away from Virginia for the first time in his life to cover the local government beat for a small daily newspaper in Zanesville, Ohio.
trobertson@wtop.com