Secret Service agents assigned to defend President Biden’s granddaughter opened fire on a group of people trying to break into a Secret Service vehicle unmarked in Washington DC on Sunday night, according to the agency.
The Secret Service issued a statement confirming the incident, detailing that three people broke a window of the Secret Service van, which was parked and unoccupied, and tried to get into it.
“On November 12, at around 11:58 p.m. in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, Secret Service agents found possibly three individuals breaking a window of a parked, unoccupied government vehicle,” the agency spokesperson said. , Anthony Guglielmi, in a statement.
Likewise, the Secret Service clarified that Naomi Biden was not injured and was not involved in the altercation.and that they are currently investigating the incident together with the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Department
“During this encounter, a federal agent fired a service weapon and it is believed that no one was injured. The criminals immediately fled the scene in a red vehicle and regional surveillance was sent to support units. There was no threat to any protected and the incident is being investigated by the DC Metropolitan Police Department and the Secret Service“added the statement.
The incident involving the president’s granddaughter comes amid a growing number of vehicle thefts in the US capital since the Covid-19 pandemic began. In 2022, authorities in Washington DC received reports of more than 6,000 stolen cars.
Car thefts have even affected legislators, as last month, Texas Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar was approached by three thieves who held up his car at gunpoint and stole his belongings. However, he was not injured.
Naomi Biden, 29, is the eldest daughter of Hunter Biden and Kathleen Buhle, and the eldest granddaughter of President Biden, who has been married since 2022 to Peter Neal, a 25-year-old lawyer. Naomi, who is also a lawyer, works at the law firm Arnold & Porter.
With information from New York Post
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