“On Nov. 12 around 11:58 p.m. in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, Secret Service agents encountered possibly three individuals breaking a window on a parked and unoccupied government vehicle,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement.
He added, “During this encounter, a federal agent discharged a service weapon and it is believed no one was struck. The offenders immediately fled the scene in a red vehicle and a regional lookout was issued to supporting units” and that there was “no threat” to any of the Secret Service’s protectees.
The incident comes amid an uptick in crime in Washington, DC. Motor vehicle theft is up 98% over the past year, according to statistics from DC police.