CNN Exclusive: Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack had bag with zip ties, source says - CNN

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The antheral who is alleged to person attacked Paul Pelosi, the hubby of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, successful the couple’s San Francisco location had with him a container that contained aggregate zip ties, among different things, according to a root who has been briefed connected the incident.

David DePape, 42, faces charges of attempted homicide, battle with a deadly weapon, elder abuse, burglary and different felonies successful narration to the Friday greeting attack, said San Francisco Police Chief William Scott.

CNN antecedently reported that DePape confronted Pelosi and asked wherever his woman was, shouting, “Where is Nancy?”

The caller item adds further knowing of what transpired during Friday’s attack, successful which DePape besides tried to necktie up Paul Pelosi, 2 sources told CNN connected Friday.

The cries of “Where is Nancy” had echoes of the January 6, 2021, onslaught connected the US Capitol.

While constabulary person not yet determined a motive, they judge DePape was intentional astir going into the house.

Police person said that DePape entered the location done a backdoor and it wasn’t wide if helium circumvented immoderate information measures.

Paul Pelosi was capable to telephone 911 astatine the commencement of the attack, a instrumentality enforcement root and different root acquainted with the substance antecedently said. He managed to support the enactment unfastened and the dispatcher could perceive a speech successful the background, speaking surreptitiously but making it wide that helium needed help, according to the instrumentality enforcement source.

San Francisco constabulary entered the location astir 2:27 a.m. section clip Friday (5:27 a.m. ET) to find Pelosi struggling implicit a hammer with DePape, according to the city’s constabulary chief. Officers saw DePape “violently assault” Pelosi with the hammer earlier they tackled him to the crushed and arrested him.

“Officers, portion inactive extracurricular of the doorway threshold, gave commands to some men to driblet the hammer. Mr. DePape instantly pulled the hammer distant from Mr. Pelosi and violently attacked him with the hammer,” Scott said successful a Friday quality conference. “The officers instantly entered, tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took the hammer distant from him, and took the suspect, Mr. DePape, into custody.”

DePape is expected to beryllium charged with aggregate felonies connected Monday and arraigned Tuesday, according to San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins.

Pelosi was taken to a infirmary aft the onslaught and underwent a “successful country to repair a skull fracture and superior injuries to his close limb and hands,” Drew Hammill, a spokesperson for Nancy Pelosi, said successful a connection aboriginal Friday evening. Paul Pelosi is expected to marque a afloat recovery.

Nancy Pelosi said in a missive Saturday to each members of the US House of Representatives that her hubby continues to amended pursuing the onslaught but their children and grandchildren “are heartbroken and traumatized.”

This communicative has been updated with further information.