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 stated.
“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 stated in a press release.
The incident is anticipated to be investigated by the company’s Office of Professional Responsibility, however will elevate further questions a couple of workforce below vital pressure.
The former first woman was on the airport however was not current when the incident occurred. No one else was injured, Guglielmi stated.
The agent, he stated, 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 employees, Julissa Reynoso. The first woman’s workplace declined to remark on the incident.