He Secret Service from the United States has repelled an attack with shots against one of the vehicles used by the agents of the security team of Naomi Bidengranddaughter of President Joe Biden, in Georgetown, one of the neighborhoods of Washington.

Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi has confirmed that the events occurred around midnight this past Sunday: “During this encounter, a federal agent fired a service weapon and it is believed that no one was hurt. The criminals immediately fled the scene in a red vehicle.”

Furthermore, the statement explains that the agents saw how three individuals were breaking a window of the officers’ security car, an altercation that is already being investigated by the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.

The Secret Service also indicated that “there was no threat to any protected” and confirmed that the agent who fired the shot belongs to one of Naomi Biden’s security members, although The statement did not clarify whether the president’s granddaughter was present in the place.

This incident is one more in the long list of criminal acts that are taking place in the US capital, which has seen crime rates increase by 98% this year according to police statistics.