D.C. Police is asking for the public’s help in detaining a man connected to the fatal shooting of a congressional intern in June, and a second shooting that took place in July.
Naqwan Antonio Lucas, 18, is wanted in connection to the shooting of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, 21, near the Mount Vernon Square Metro station on June 30. Two other teenage suspects were arrested in the shooting and were charged as adults with first-degree murder.
Tarpinian-Jachym died in the hospital on Tuesday, July 1.
Lucas is wanted on a first-degree murder while armed charge.
Police said as they began their investigation, officials determined Lucas is also wanted in connection to the July 4 shooting of 17-year-old Zoey Kelley. The shooting occurred around 5:15 p.m. inside a home in the 1700 block of Benning Road NE.
Police arrived to find the teenage girl suffering from a gunshot wound and pronounced her dead.
Lucas is wanted on another first-degree murder while armed charge for the Fourth of July shooting.
Police, in addition to the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service, are offering a $75,000 reward for any information that leads to Lucas’ arrest in this case.
The case is still under investigation.
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