The mother of a Washington, D.C., murder victim cried when President Donald Trump mentioned her son’s killing while announcing a federal takeover of law enforcement in the district.

The president on Monday said he was putting Washington’s police department under federal control and ordering the National Guard to deploy to the nation’s capital to combat what he said is a wave of lawlessness.

Trump cited the death of 21-year-old Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, who was killed in a June 20 drive-by shooting while working a summer internship at the office of Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kan.

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