SOUNDBITE (English) Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia:

“Eric didn't deserve to be gunned down, and the system failed him — the system that felt that juveniles needed to be coddled.”

REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON DC STOOD TOGETHER FRIDAY TO ANNOUNCE THE ARREST OF TWO TEENAGERS ACCUSED OF KILLING A CONGRESSIONAL INTERN WHO WAS STRUCK BY STRAY BULLETS IN JUNE.

SOUNDBITE (English) Mayor Muriel Bowser, (D)District of Columbia:

"Any level of gun violence in our city is unacceptable, and certainly someone just walking up the street in the evening on one of our D.C. Streets should be safe in doing so."

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BRIEFLY MENTIONED ERIC TARPINIAN-JACHYM'S KILLING WHEN HE ANNOUNCED AN EMERGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT SURGE FOR THE NATION’S CAPITAL IN AUGUST.

SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

“It's becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness."

THE DC U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IS CHARGING THE TWO 17-YEAR-OLD JUVENILES AS ADULTS WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER WHILE ARMED AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS PUSHING FOR HARSHER PENALTIES FOR YOUNGER OFFENDERS.

SOUNDBITE (English) Jeanine Pirro, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia:

“I am advocating and have advocated for jurisdiction over juveniles 14, 15, 16 and 17. They need to be brought into the criminal court so that we can prosecute them.”

TARPINIAN-JACHYM WAS A RISING SENIOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST. HE WAS WORKING AS A SUMMER INTERN FOR REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN RON ESTES OF KANSAS WHO HELD A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR HIM ON THE HOUSE FLOOR.

SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Ron Estes, (R) Kansas:

“The loss of Eric will be felt for a long time. We will never forget his presence and kindness in my office.”