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The US Secret Service protecting element of Vice President Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff was concerned in an incident Tuesday during which a person brought about injury to 2 of her protecting element’s autos in New York Metropolis.
“On Tuesday afternoon, a person approached two United States Secret Service autos parked in decrease Manhattan and, with out provocation, brought about injury to the rear license plate space of each,” USSS spokesperson James Byrne mentioned in an announcement shared with CNN.
The person was detained by USSS with New York authorities placing him in police custody.
The incident comes at a second of heightened scrutiny for the Secret Service simply weeks after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump – and days after the company’s director Kimberly Cheatle resigned within the fallout.
“Secret Service Brokers rapidly detained the person till native authorities arrived and positioned the person into police custody,” Byrne mentioned. “At no level was any protectee at risk on account of this incident.”
Spokespeople for the vice chairman and second gentleman didn’t instantly reply to CNN’s request for remark.
It’s not the primary incident involving a USSS protectee’s automobile. Final November, a USSS agent on President Joe Biden’s granddaughter Naomi Biden’s safety element shot at individuals making an attempt to interrupt right into a US authorities automobile in Georgetown.