Secret Service agent robbed at gunpoint in California, fired weapon | LiveNOW from FOX

here to live now from Fox. I'm Andrew craft want to keep it moving with more of these top headlines. There's a lot to get to thanks for being with us here Our next story takes us. uh, to Los Angeles. a gorgeous live now look there. uh over the Santa Monica Pier there. in Los Angeles County a beautiful day there. Uh, but uh, this was quite the story we wanted to get to as well. I want to put this tweet up here from our friend at Fox 11, Matthew Cedar. uh with the press release from Los Angeles. law enforcement. saying that a Us Secret, service agent, was robbed at gunpoint as President Biden was visiting Los Angeles for a fundraising event. over the weekend. You'll remember Biden was there for a string of fundraisers for his campaign re-election over the weekend with former president Obama. also the nighttime host Jimmy Kimmel and other celebrities like Julia Roberts and George, Clooney we do have some video from the scene. I want to put up for you take a look at this. So this is what we know the agent. was returning from work. Saturday night when he was. accosted in a residential community. in Tustin. It's about an hour's Drive Southeast of Los Angeles. That's according. to the US Secret Service Someone called the Tustin Police Department shortly after 9:30 at night. to report the robbery police said the agent had his bag stolen at gunpoint the agent who was not injured he fired his gun during the confrontation according to police there. So, uh Tustin police said, yesterday, that they had not found a suspect officers did though find some of the agents stolen belongings. in the area police reported that a silver. Infinity. FX vehicle was seen leaving the scene. So Biden and former president Obama, like I said, they held this star-studded fundraiser. in Los Angeles. on Saturday night in brought in more than 30 million dollars. for the campaign want to go back out to the press release put out there? by law enforcement from the Tustin Police Department. uh a making this aware. to all of us here, So not entirely sure if we've heard from the US Secret Service in an a in a statement. or whatnot. If not, we'll keep an eye out for that. Scary situation Nonetheless This agent was off duty. at the time but in town nonetheless, for President Biden's campaign fundraisers here. uh, thankfully not injured, but he did. fire. his weapon. We don't know who that agent is. Uh, the uh

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Published: Tue Jun 18 2024