Argentina's vice president is threatened by a man wielding a handgun

A police investigator works in his van at the scene where a man pointed a gun at Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez during an event in front of her home in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 1, 2022. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A man tried to kill Argentina's politically powerful Vice President Cristina Fernández outside her home, but the handgun misfired, the country's president said.

The man was quickly overpowered by her security officers in the incident Thursday night, officials said.