A Secret Service spokesman says Joe and his wife were not home when multiple shots rang outside his house in Delaware on Saturday night, January 17.
- Jan 19, 2015
AceShowbiz - The Secret Service are investigating shooting incident which occured outside Vice President Joe Biden's house in Delaware on Saturday night, January 17. Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback told CNN that Joe and his wife were not home when the incident happened at around 8:28 P.M.
Robert said, "A vehicle drove by the vice president's residence at a high rate of speed and fired multiple gun shots. This occurred on a public road outside the established security perimeter. The shots were heard by Secret Service personnel posted at the residence and a vehicle was observed by an agent leaving the scene at a high rate of speed."
The New Castle County Police Department reported that there were also reports about shots fired nearby. "Officers learned a short time later there was a report of shots fired in the nearby area of Hoopes Reservoir," the police said in a statement.
According to Robert, a driver was arrested after attempting to pass a police officer who was securing the area. "While the incident scene was being searched at approximately [9 P.M.], an individual in a vehicle attempted to pass a New Castle County police officer who was securing the outer perimeter of the area. As a result of the interaction with the officer, this individual was arrested for resisting arrest," he explained.
The New Castle Country police said the driver was not charged in relation to the shooting. A Secret Service official told CNN that the driver would be questioned about the shooting incident to determine whether he was involved.
