A UMass Amherst student interning on Capitol Hill was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., after being caught in a dispute between rival groups, police said.

A 21-year-old congressional intern was killed Monday night in what police believe was a targeted shooting that claimed an unintended victim in Northwest Washington, D.C. Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, of Granby, Massachusetts, died Tuesday after being shot the night before near the intersection of 7th and M Street.

Detectives believe UMass student Eric Tarpinian-Jachym was caught in the middle of a shooting and was not the intended target.