Secret Service Acts On Potential Threat To Joe Biden Following Car Crash

Part of President Joe Biden's motorcade was involved in a crash over the weekend, prompting the Secret Service to spring into action.

The POTUS and his wife, Jill Biden, were seen leaving campaign headquarters in Delaware, and as they were about to get into the SUV, a loud crash grabbed everyone's attention -- including Biden and his Secret Service agents.

After rushing Biden into the SUV for safety, the Secret Service discovered a bystander had rammed their car into one of the motorcade SUVs. Secret Service agents quickly moved in on the driver with their guns drawn and telling him to put his hands up.

The moment was captured on camera, showing Secret Service agents swarming Joe Biden and quickly placing him in the parked SUV to ensure his safety.

Luckily, it was determined there was no posed threat and this was a complete accident. The driver was later identified as 46-year-old James Cooper and was charged with DUI and inattentive driving.

"Both the president and first lady are fine," a White House official told a reporter who witnessed the incident.

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"Today, at approximately 8:09 pm (0109 GMT), a Secret Service vehicle securing the president's motorcade route was struck by another vehicle in Wilmington," Secret Service spokesperson Special Agent Steve Kopek said.

"There was no protective interest associated with this event and the president's motorcade departed without incident," he added.

President Joe Biden privately met with students at the University of Nevada Las Vegas after the tragic shootings that occurred earlier this month.

Anthony Polito, a 67-year-old college professor, who died on the scene following the shooting, was named as the suspect shortly after the tragedy occurred. The investigation indicates Polito fired at police first, before law enforcement shot and killed him.

Three people were killed on site, with a fourth individual left with serious injuries during the attack on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus.

“This is not normal and we can never let it become normal,” the President stated of the tragic events. “I’m grateful to the law enforcement officers who risked their lives. We join people across the country praying for the families of those killed whose hearts have been broken by yet another horrific gun violence.”

The President then brought up the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting — a tragic event that is “still in the minds of so many people” and that left nearly 60 people dead.

“Folks, we got to get smart. There have been over 600 mass shootings in America this year alone, plus daily acts of gun violence that don’t even make the national news. This is not normal and we can never let it become normal,” Biden said, adding, “People have the right to feel safe — be safe.”

Biden then called on Capitol Hill “to step up,” reiterating his stance on gun control, demanding Congress “to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, pass national red flag laws … require safe storage, [and] enact universal background checks and other common-sense measures to save lives.”