Secret Service agents fatally shoot intruder at Peruvian Ambassador's Washington, D.C. home

A burglar was killed by the U.S. Secret Service on Wednesday morning after breaking into the Peruvian ambassador’s residence in northwest Washington, D.C.

A report from the Secret Service's Communications Chief Anthony Guglielmi revealed that agents shot the suspect at the ambassador’s residence, located on the 3000 block of Garrison Street NW in the capital’s affluent Chevy Chase neighborhood.

Officer involved shooting - following a confrontation, uniformed division officers shot a reported intruder at a residence in the 3000 block of Garrison St NW shortly before 0800. Public information officers en route to the scene. No injuries reported to officers. pic.twitter.com/DF3iwz9j7x

— Anthony Guglielmi (@AJGuglielmi) April 20, 2022

Although officers attempted to taser the man into submission, he was shot and killed after refusing to surrender.

The suspect’s identity has yet to be revealed by authorities, but D.C. Metropolitan Police (MPD) have said the man was aged between 20 and 30 and attempted to break into Ambassador Oswaldo de Rivero’s official residence while the chief diplomat and his family were at home.

According to a statement issued by the Peruvian embassy, the unauthorized intruder entered the ambassador's residence early on Tuesday morning and caused "material damages to the property" before being "stopped by the Secret Service."  

"The Ambassador, his family, the residence's staff and the Secret Service agents are safe and the matter is being investigated by the corresponding authorities," the statement read. 

Both MPD and the Secret Service were on site after the incident and a report from the Daily Mail shows that authorities could be heard speaking over the radio saying, “one gunshot victim, and two Secret Service police officers are being evaluated.”

MPD members are responding to a shooting in the 3000 block of Garrison Street NW. More details and an on-scene media briefing will be forthcoming.

— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) April 20, 2022

Upon arriving at the scene, ADN America found that all roads leading to the residence were blocked off by Metro Police Department and Secret Service officers and access to the residence was limited to diplomatic staff and law enforcement officers.

Although police declined to comment, a local nanny spoke with ADN America while out walking a child in her care, revealing that although she did not hear the gunshots, she knew something had happened after hearing police sirens blasting throughout the neighborhood. 

"I don't know what happened, but it must have been big if the Secret Service had to open fire. This is a quiet neighborhood. Things like that don't happen here," she said.