Armed intruder arrested at Joint Base Andrews as vice president departs, while 2nd intruder escapes

published 7 March 2022

Shortly after Vice President Kamala Harris and several members of President Biden's Cabinet arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday night, a vehicle drove through a security checkpoint at the base, according to Joint Base Andrews and NPR's Scott Detrow, who was traveling with Harris. When guards deployed barriers, two individuals got out and one of them, armed with a weapon, was arrested. The other escaped.

"The incident appeared to be one of the most serious breaches of security in memory at Andrews, which is a few miles outside Washington," The Washington Post reports. The White House said Harris and the Cabinet officials who traveled with her to Selma, Alabama — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Housing Secretary Marcia L. Fudge, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, and EPA Administrator Michael Regan — all left the base safely.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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