Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks on the Inflation Reduction Act after visiting the site of the new paperless processing program in McLean, Virginia, on August 2, 2023.
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A U.S. Secret Service agent opened fire near Washington, D.C. Ministry of Finance The agency said Secretary of State Janet Yellen was confronted by several people trying to break into cars on her street early Tuesday morning.
The Secret Service said there was no evidence that the agent assigned to protect Yellen hit any of the suspects before they fled in their own vehicle.
The agency said Yellen was not threatened and was not injured during the incident.
The shooting comes nearly 13 months after a Secret Service agent was assigned to protect President Joe Biden’s eldest granddaughter. Naomi Biden Nealopened fire on several people who broke into an unoccupied government vehicle outside her home in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.
The incident occurred outside Yellen’s home in northwest Washington around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Secret Service.
The agency “observed multiple occupants of a sedan attempting to open vehicle doors on the street,” the agency said.
The Secret Service said, “As the sedan approached the agents, the agents struggled with the occupants of the vehicle. Agents fired their weapons.”
“The suspect fled the scene in a sedan and issued a lookout to local law enforcement,” the agency said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington and the Washington Metropolitan Police Department will investigate the shooting, according to the Secret Service.
The Metropolitan Police declined to comment on the incident.
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