A University of Massachusetts student who was interning in Congress was killed in a shooting in Washington, D.C., this week.Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, of Granby, Massachusetts, was one of three people who were wounded in a shooting near the convention center around 10:30 p.

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.

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