The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) protective detail of Vice President Kamala Harrisβ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff was involved in an incident Tuesday in which a man caused damage to two of her protective detailβs vehicles in New York City.
βOn Tuesday afternoon, an individual approached two United States Secret Service vehicles parked in lower Manhattan and, without provocation, caused damage to the rear license plate area of both,β USSS spokesperson James Byrne said in a statement shared with CNN.
The man was detained by USSS with New York authorities putting him in police custody.
The incident comes at a moment of heightened scrutiny for the Secret Service just weeks after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump β and days after the agencyβs director Kimberly Cheatle resigned in the fallout.
βSecret Service Agents quickly detained the individual until local authorities arrived and placed the individual into police custody,β Byrne said. βAt no point was any protectee in danger as a result of this incident.β
Spokespeople for the vice president and second gentleman did not immediately respond to CNNβs request for comment.
Itβs not the first incident involving a USSS protecteeβs vehicle. Last November, a USSS agent on President Joe Bidenβs granddaughter Naomi Bidenβs security detail shot at individuals attempting to break into a US government vehicle in Georgetown.