U.S. Secret Service agents guarding President Joe Biden's granddaughter stopped a group of people who were attempting to break into a government vehicle in Washington, D.C., the agency said. At least one agent fired his weapon during the encounter.
The incident reportedly occurred just before midnight on Sunday in the Georgetown neighborhood while the agents were protecting Naomi Biden. The agents assigned to her "encountered possibly three individuals breaking a window on a parked and unoccupied government vehicle," according to a statement from the Secret Service posted on X, formerly Twitter. The agents then intervened, and "a federal agent discharged a service weapon and it is believed no one was struck," the statement added. Naomi Biden was unhurt during the encounter, and it is not believed that the suspects were targeting her specifically.
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