A real pain in the butt.
The Secret Service agent who accidentally fired his gun while guarding former first lady Jill Biden last week shot himself in the buttocks, according to a report.
The agent’s non-life-threatening injury following the “negligent discharge” at Philadelphia International Airport was initially described as a leg wound by the Secret Service.
“When he tried to holster his gun, he shot himself – yes, right in the butt cheek,” RealClearPolitics reporter Susan Crabtree wrote on X.
Asked about Crabtree’s reporting, a Secret Service spokesman told The Post: “It is accurate that the agent suffered an unintentional, self-inflicted gunshot wound to his hip area.”
The spokesman noted that an additional claim reported by Crabtree – that the agent was using a flashlight on his firearm to search for a misplaced cell phone – was “not what was reported to us from the scene.”
Philadelphia police told CBS Philadelphia that the gun went off while the agent was in an unmarked Chevrolet SUV.
Biden was not present at the time of the incident, which did not impact the former first lady’s movements, the agency said last Friday.
No other injuries were reported.
The incident is being investigated by the Secret Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility.
The Secret Service declined to comment on the specifics of the probe, fearing it “could compromise future interviews.”
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