A University of Massachusetts Amherst student from Western Massachusetts who was interning in Washington, D.C., was slain by gunfire Monday, and police say he was not the intended target. Police identified the victim Wednesday as Eric Tarpinian-Jachym,

A 21-year-old rising senior at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst was hit by gunfire apparently intended for others near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, police said.