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WASHINGTON — Several gunshots were
fired out of a vehicle speeding by the home of Vice President Joseph R. Biden,
Jr. in Greenville, Del., on Saturday night, according to federal law
enforcement officials.
Neither the vice president nor his
wife were home at the time of the shooting, which occurred around 8:25 p.m.,
officials said.
Secret Service and the local police
were unable to catch the vehicle as it raced away.
It was not clear whether any of the
shots hit Mr. Biden’s residence, or even if they were aimed directly at the
home, which sits roughly 300 yards back from the road, officials said.
Secret Service agents were
beginning to canvass the home looking for bullet marks on Sunday morning. There
was no immediate explanation for a possible motive.
“The Secret Service is working
closely with the New Castle County Police on investigating this incident,” said
Edwin Donovan, a spokesman for the Secret Service.
Less than an hour after the
shooting, a man in a vehicle tried to drive past a police officer who was
securing the area around the vice president’s home. The man resisted arrest,
officials said, but was taken into custody.
The man will be “questioned
regarding the shooting incident last night to determine if he was involved in
any way,” the official said.
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