U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that two 17-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder in the June slaying of a congressional intern in Washington, D.C.
Jalen Lucas and Kelvin Thomas Jr. were arrested and will be tried as adults for the killing of 21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, a University of Massachusetts Amherst student interning for Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS). A third suspect remains at large.
Drive-By Shooting 
Tarpinian-Jachy
On June 30, the three gunmen allegedly fired 79 rounds from two rifles and a 9mm handgun at a rival riding a bicycle near the Washington Convention Center.
Tarpinian-Jachym, who was caught in the crossfire, died the next day.
The suspects fled in a stolen car, officials said.
Pirro Demands Accountability
“Eric didn’t deserve to be gunned down, and the system failed him,” Pirro said. She criticized D.C. laws that steer juvenile offenders into family