Tarpinian-Jachym had reportedly been interning for around two months before he was killed. Representative Estes said in a statement: "I will remember his kind heart and how we always greeted anyone who entered our office with a cheerful smile.

Jachym, a 21-year-old congressional intern, was killed in a shooting Monday night near the Mount Vernon Square Metro station in Northwest D.C., police said.

A congressional intern for the office of U.S. Rep. Ron Estes was shot and killed Monday night in Washington, D.C., authorities say. The Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department identified the victim as 21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym.