Multiple gun shots were fired near US Vice President Joe Biden’s house in Delaware on Saturday night from a passing vehicle, but the Bidens were not home at the time, the US Secret Service said on Sunday. “A vehicle drove by the vice president's residence at a high rate of speed and fired multiple gun shots. This occurred on a public road outside the established security perimeter.
The shots were heard by Secret Service personnel posted at the residence and a vehicle was observed by an agent leaving the scene at a high rate of speed,” Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback told CNN. The New Castle Delaware County Police have arrested an individual in a vehicle who attempted to pass a police officer who was securing the outer perimeter of the area. CNN quoted the Secret Service spokesman as saying that the individual would be questioned, but he did not appear to be tied to the incident right now.
The Bidens were expected to spend the weekend in Delaware. A spokesperson for the Vice President said that Biden and his wife were briefed on the shooting incident that took place around 8.25 pm on Saturday night. It remained to be seen if any of the shots hit the outer structure of the Biden home or nearby residences.