WASHINGTON — Two 17-year-old boys were arrested Friday morning for shooting and killing congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym , U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro announced.

Jalen Lucas and Kelvin Thomas Jr., both 17, are being charged as adults with first-degree murder while armed. Pirro said both teens have prior violent crimes on their records. There is a third teenage suspect, Pirro said, that has not yet been arrested. Lucas is from Northwest D.C. and Thomas is from Southeast D.C.

Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, from Granby, Massachusetts, was working in D.C. as an intern for Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.). Just before 10:30 p.m. June 30, he was hit in a drive-by shooting near the Mount Vernon Square 7th Street-Convention Center Metro station. The next day, he died from his injuries in the

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