The attacker of Paul Pelosi, the husband of the president of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, had a list of people he wanted to attack and arrived at the politician's house with various objects to hold her.
The local press exposed this Monday some details about the event that occurred on the night of Thursday to Friday and that ended with Paul Pelosi, 82, in the hospital after being hit with a hammer.
Law enforcement sources close to the investigation told CBS News that the assailant, identified as David Depape, 42, may have been planning to attack more people as he had a list of potential victims.
The CNN network also published in the last few hours some details of the event that suggest that the attacker intended to hold Nancy Pelosi at her home since he was carrying a bag containing multiple zip ties and adhesive tape. The investigation is still open, but it is already known that the aggressor forced her entry through the back door of the house.
Paul Pelosi was attacked in San Francisco when he was at the family home. The aggressor burst into the house shouting "Where is Nancy?", although she was in Washington at the time.
After an alert call at 02:27 local time (09:27 GMT), the agents arrived at the house, which had the door open, and found Paul Pelosi and Depape struggling at the entrance and both holding the same hammer.
They were told from outside to release him, at which point the assailant hit Pelosi "at least" once. That's when law enforcement came in "immediately," took that gun away from him, and took him into custody.
The husband of the president of the lower house was taken to Zuckerberg General Hospital and successfully operated on for a skull fracture and various serious injuries to his right arm and hands.
The attack took place less than two weeks before the legislative elections on November 8, for which the entire House of Representatives and a third of the seats in the Senate will be renewed.
Through a letter addressed to the members of the House of Representatives, Pelosi pointed out last Saturday that her husband continues to improve, while her children and grandchildren "are heartbroken and traumatized."
Pelosi thanked law enforcement and doctors for "the life-saving medical care" her husband is receiving.
