Secret Service agents opened fire on carjacking suspects in front of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's home early Tuesday morning, the Secret Service confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Anthony Guglielmi, the USSS's chief communications officer, said officers on patrol in northwest Washington, D.C., opened fire on a group of people driving a sedan near their home. He said there was no sign of anyone being injured at this time and the Metropolitan Police Department was conducting further investigations.
“Around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, a U.S. Secret Service special agent on duty in the 2900 block of Stevenson Place NW saw a sedan with multiple occupants open on the street and opened the door of the vehicle. When the sedan approached the investigator, the sedan approached the investigator.'' , a collision occurred between the agent and the occupants of the vehicle, and the agent fired his service weapon, but there is no evidence at this time that anyone was struck,” Guglielmi said.
“The suspects fled the scene in a sedan, and local police were placed on surveillance. There was no threat to the parents in this incident, and no harm was done to the parents. The officers involved in the shooting were arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department. The Internal Affairs Division's investigative team, which investigates all law enforcement officers involved in shootings in the District of Columbia, will conduct an independent review of the facts and evidence in this case by the U.S. Attorney's Office. ” he added.
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Secret Service agents opened fire on car robbers in front of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's home. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
It is unclear whether Yellen was inside the home at the time. The suspect has not been identified.
The incident comes months after another would-be car burglar was shot and killed in July by a federal marshal assigned to protect Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's home.
At approximately 1:15 a.m., two deputy U.S. Marshals were on duty in the 2100 block of 11th Street NW when 18-year-old Kentrell Flowers got out of a silver minivan and struck one of the unmarked sheriff's vehicles. approached. DC Metropolitan Police Department said in the criminal complaint.
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Police said Flower pointed a handgun at the deputy through the driver's side window in an apparent attempt to carjack the vehicle.
In July, security forces shot and killed a carjacker outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. (Pablo Cuadra)
According to a police criminal complaint, the deputy pulled out a service firearm and fired approximately four shots at Flowers through the window. Another marshal from another vehicle also responded and fired his standard weapon.
The U.S. Marshals Service confirmed to Fox News at the time that the deputy U.S. marshals involved in the shooting were assigned to a unit that protects residences in the United States. United States Supreme Court However, officials said they could not discuss protective security details.
A Secret Service vehicle is parked outside the White House in Washington, DC. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Flowers was shot in the mouth and taken to the hospital. non-life threatening injuries.
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According to the complaint, authorities recovered a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson with eight .40-caliber bullets in a 13-round magazine.
