Secret Service member robbed at gunpoint during Biden’s trip to California

Jack Forrest and Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN

(CNN) — A U.S. Secret Service personnel fired their weapon while being robbed astatine gunpoint Saturday nighttime during President Joe Biden’s travel to California for a Hollywood fundraiser.

The Secret Service personnel was returning from a activity duty successful Tustin, California, and “discharged their work limb during nan incident,” USSS spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said successful a statement. It is chartless if nan Secret Service personnel deed nan suspect, he added.

“We are thankful that nan worker did not prolong immoderate injuries,” Guglielmi said.

The Tustin Police Department said nan onslaught happened astatine 9:36 p.m. PT adjacent a residential community, and nan fishy stole nan Secret Service member’s bag. Officers are now looking for a metallic Infiniti FX35 aliases a similar-looking vehicle, constabulary said.

Biden had returned to his edifice anterior to nan incident pursuing a star-studded run fundraiser successful Los Angeles that featured a speech betwixt him and erstwhile President Barack Obama moderated by Jimmy Kimmel. The fundraiser, which raised much than $30 cardinal for Biden’s reelection effort, besides included guests George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Jason Bateman, Jack Black and Barbra Streisand, among others.

Police opportunity they person not recovered nan suspect, but they did find immoderate of nan Secret Service employee’s belongings successful nan area. Tustin Police are nan superior investigators of nan incident.

Last year, a Secret Service personnel connected information item for Naomi Biden, nan president’s granddaughter, fired astatine suspects who were allegedly attempting to break into a parked and unoccupied US authorities conveyance successful Washington, D.C. Two individuals were charged successful narration to that break-in earlier this year.

CNN’s Arlette Saenz and Adrienne Winston contributed to this report.