A third suspect arrested in connection with the June murder of a congressional intern is connected to his own girlfriend’s death days later, the U.S. attorney for D.C. announced Thursday.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said 18-year-old Naqwan Lucas is in custody in the killing of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym.

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Four days after Tarpinian-Jachym was killed by gunfire not intended for him, a 17-year-old girl was killed on the Fourth of July in another homicide connected to Lucas, her boyfriend.

Zoey Kelley’s mother is left to wonder whether her daughter was scared when she was killed.

Shamika Kelley described Zoey, who had a twin sister, as a “socialite.”

"When the cousins got together, it was like, 'Oh no! Here comes Zoey and Zani

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