Agent on Jill Biden’s Secret Service detail accidentally shoots their own leg, official says
Obscuring facts by pronoun.
A US Secret Service special agent on former first lady Jill Biden’s security detail accidentally shot their own leg at the Philadelphia International Airport Friday morning, an agency official said.
“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 said in a statement.
I’m still trying to figure out how this happens. Why would the safety be off? Technically, “negligent discharge” is correct, but throw us readers a bone, will ya?
The incident is expected to be investigated by the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility, but will raise further questions about a workforce under significant strain.
Those are not the questions it raised for me.
The agent, he said, was given medical assistance at the airport and “is being evaluated at an area hospital in stable condition.”
But later died of embarrassment.