Two teenaged suspects were arrested in connection with the murder of a congressional intern in Washington in June, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced on Friday.
The intern, 21-year-old Eric Tarpinian Jachym, was shot near a DC metro station, and officials have said he likely was not the intended target.
The suspects, identified as Jalen Lucas and Kelvin Thomas Jr., both 17, have been charged with first-degree murder and will be tried as adults, Pirro said in a news conference alongside Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith. She added that officials are still looking for a third suspect….