Police have not offered a motive for Friday's assault on Paul Pelosi, who according to his wife's office underwent surgery for a skull fracture and injuries to his hands and right arm, though doctors expect a full recovery.
Assault at California home follows warnings of potential violence against U.S. politicians ahead of electionsU.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi are pictured outside 10 Downing Street in London on Sept. 16, 2021. Paul Pelosi is recovering in hospital after he was attacked by a hammer-wielding assailant at their home in San Francisco on Friday.
Police have not offered a motive for Friday's assault on Paul Pelosi, who according to his wife's office underwent surgery for a skull fracture and injuries to his hands and right arm, though doctors expect a full recovery.A San Francisco Police Department vehicle parked outside the Pelosis' home in San Francisco on Saturday. Police are still investigating what motivated the attack on Paul Pelosi.
Earlier in the day, Paul Pelosi Jr., the couple's son, was seen outside Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where his father, a real estate and venture capital executive, was being treated. Asked by a reporter for an update on his father, he replied: "So far, so good."Police identified the man arrested at the scene as David DePape, 42. He, too, was taken to a San Francisco hospital, but it was not made clear whether he was there for medical or psychiatric care or both.
DePape grew up in Powell River, B.C., before leaving about 20 years ago to follow an older girlfriend to San Francisco.