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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

‘Where is Nancy?’: Suspect who assaulted Paul Pelosi with hammer was searching for House speaker

AP

Paul Pelosi, the husband of House speaker Nancy Pelosi, is in hospital after he was attacked by a hammer-wielding assailant who invaded the couple’s California home in search of the long-time Democratic legislator.

San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) chief Bill Scott on Friday said officers who responded to an urgent call for service at Ms Pelosi’s San Francisco townhouse encountered a man later identified as 42-year-old David Depape in a struggle with Mr Pelosi over a hammer.

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