U.S. Secret Service agents protecting Biden's granddaughter open fire in Georgetown

U.S. Secret Service agents detailed to protect President Biden’s granddaughter fired shots after three unidentified individuals tried to break into an undercover Secret Service car in Washington, a law enforcement agent told The Associated Press.

The agents, detailed to protect Naomi Biden, were with her in the upscale Georgetown area of the nation’s capital late Sunday night when they spotted three people shattering a window of their parked SUV, the agent said.

The vehicle was no occupied at the time of the purported break in.

The law enforcement official did not reveal any details of the investigation and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity Monday morning.

One of the federal agents assigned to protect the president’s granddaughter opened fire, but no one was struck by the bullets, the Secret Service said in a statement.

The three would be burglars were fled the Georgetown area in a separate red getaway car, and the Secret Service issued a regional bulletin to District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Dept (MPD).

The nation’s capital has experienced a spike in car thefts and carjackings and this year.

The MPD has reported more than 6,000 reports of stolen vehicles and more than 750 carjackings this year in the district. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was carjacked near the Capitol last month by three armed attackers.

The congressman’s assailants stole his vehicle, but didn’t attack him. U.S. Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota was also attacked in her apartment building residence in February.

Violent crime in the nation’s capital has also spiked this year by more than 40% from last year, according to statistics released by District of Columbia government.