U.S. Secret Service Kills Intruder at Peruvian Embassy While Ambassador and Family Are Inside

Authorities say an alleged intruder was shot and killed by Secret Service officers at the Washington, D.C. residence of the Peruvian ambassador to the United States on Wednesday, after the person smashed windows and was found holding a metal stake in the backyard. The ambassador — Oswaldo de Rivero — and his wife were home at the time of the incident.

D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee told reporters on Wednesday that uniformed officers with the U.S. Secret Service were called to the residence around 8 a.m. in response to a call of a burglary in progress. "Multiple windows were smashed out of the house," Contee said, noting that the sound of the breaking glass alerted the family to the intruder.

When the officers arrived, they found an individual "holding a metal stake" in the rear of the ambassador's residence.