A US Secret Service particular agent on former first woman Jill Biden’s safety detail accidentally shot their own leg on the Philadelphia International Airport Friday morning, an company official mentioned.
“On Friday morning just after 8:30, an on-duty U.S. Secret Service Special Agent suffered a non-life-threatening injury following a negligent discharge while handling a service weapon at the Philadelphia International Airport during a protective assignment,” USSS spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi mentioned in an announcement.
The incident is anticipated to be investigated by the company’s Office of Professional Responsibility, however will increase further questions a couple of workforce below important pressure.
The former first woman was on the airport however was not current when the incident passed off. No one else was injured, Guglielmi mentioned.
The agent, he mentioned, was given medical help on the airport and “is being evaluated at an area hospital in stable condition.”
Biden appeared Wednesday on the opening night time of Public Charge, a brand new off-Broadway play written by her former chief of workers, Julissa Reynoso. The first woman’s workplace declined to remark on the incident.
