Fugitive teen still roaming free after UMass intern killing as feds put $50K price on his head

Sunday, September 7, 2025
3 min read
MDN Staff
1 share
Fugitive teen still roaming free after UMass intern killing as feds put $50K price on his head

Listen to Article

0:002:16
Speed:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The third suspect in the shocking execution of UMass Amherst student and congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym is still on the loose tonight, with a nationwide dragnet and a $50,000 bounty now hanging over his head. Police say two teenage triggermen, Jailen Lucas and Kelvin Thomas Jr., both just 17, have already been hauled in and charged as adults with first-degree murder for the June 30 drive-by ambush that gunned down the 21-year-old Massachusetts native in cold blood. But their alleged accomplice, 18-year-old Naqwan Antonio “Qwan” Lucas, slipped away — and remains armed, dangerous, and at large. U.S. Marshals, FBI agents, and D.C. cops are swarming the streets, warning the public not to confront the fugitive but to turn him in before he strikes again.

The search comes as Washington reels from a Trump-era law-and-order blitz that has already sent shockwaves through the city’s underworld. Federal agents have stormed drug corners, smashed open-air markets, and dragged repeat offenders off the block — a show of force credited with driving violent crime down. And now Boston residents, staring at the hellscape of Mass and Cass, are demanding the same treatment here. The South End has turned into an open-air asylum of tents, needles, overdoses, and violence — and locals say it will take federal boots on the ground to clean up Wu’s chaos. “D.C. got safer because Trump sent in backup,” one furious resident told Mass Daily News. “We need that at Mass and Cass before more blood spills.” Another said flatly, “Wu calls it compassion. We call it surrender. Bring in the feds and shut it down.”

MASSDAILYNEWS

STAY UPDATED

Get Mass Daily News delivered to your inbox

For the family of Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, the nightmare only deepens as the killer crew that snatched their son’s life is still not fully behind bars. A promising student from Granby, Massachusetts, shot down while serving his country as a congressional intern — a tragedy that has now become a rallying cry for law and order. Two suspects are caged. One fugitive runs free. And with $50,000 on the line, authorities are betting it’s only a matter of time before someone turns him in. Justice is coming — and fast.

Have a tip? Email us at tips@massdailynews.com

Stories you may like

Comments

Pinned by MDN
MASSDAILYNEWS
MDN Teamnow
What did you think about this story?
Leave a comment and join the conversation!
Fugitive teen still roaming free after UMass intern killing as feds put $50K price on his head - Mass Daily News