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.

Jachym, 21, walking down a street in northwest D.C. when a group of people hopped out of a vehicle and opened fire. Two others were wounded in the shooting.