The mother of a Congressional intern who was killed in 2025 says President Donald Trump's crime crackdown in Washington, D.C.is working as homicides have plummeted by over 40% over the past year.New data from the Major Cities Chiefs Association shows that homicides in Washington, D.C.
have dropped by 43.9% in the first half of 2026 compared to the previous year.In total, there were 46 homicides during that time period in 2026 compared to 82 in 2025.The drop in Washington, D.C.
homicides came after Trump deployed the National Guard and took control of its police force in early August 2025 to "rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse."TRUMP’S DC LAW-AND-ORDER BLITZ MARKS ONE YEAR WITH EYE-POPPING HAUL OF SUSPECTSPresident Donald Trump visits the U.S.Park Police Anacostia Operations Facility on Aug.
21, 2025, in Washington, D.C.The Trump administration deployed federal officers and the National Guard to the District in order to place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under federal control and assist in crime prevention in the nation's capital.
(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XInvestigators said that several individuals exited a vehicle and began firing shots at a group of people, which included Tarpinian-Jachym.Tarpinian-Jachym wasn't the intended target of the shooting, they added.SIGN UP TO GET THE LATEST TRUE CRIME NEWSNational Guardsmen patrol the District of Columbia in 2026.(Mandel Ngan/Getty Images)Tamara Jachym, Tarpinian-Jachym's mother, told Fox News Digital in an interview that the National Guard's presence in Washington, D.C.
is making a difference.LIKE WHAT YOU'RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE"Something's working and I think extra eyes and ears on the ground is helping this happen," Jachym said."From what I understand from the folks in D.C.
that I do speak with and they're from all walks of life...They notice a difference.They feel safer."SEND US A TIPEric Tarpinian-Jachym p...