What Is Reported About the Attack:
Location of the attack: the Speaker’s San Francisco home Source: CNN
Neighborhood of the attack: Pacific Heights. Source: Los Angeles Times
Suspect beat Peloisi with a hammer early Friday (October 28, 2022). Source: KMBC
Age of Victim: 82. Source: MSN
Police and federal law enforcement state the suspect broke into Pelosi’s house and attacked him. Source: CNN
911 Call Received at 2:23 a.m. Pacific Time on Friday Source: KTVZ, Published 10:52 AM
Dispatch request came at 2:28:08 am: “RP stated that there is a male in his home and that he’s going to wait for his wife. RP stated that he doesn’t know who the male is but that he advised that his name is David and that he is a friend. RP sounded somewhat confused.” – Source: one of two original dispatch calls to SF Police: https://t.co/CyGAMRgsvz
Two police officers responded to the Pelosi residence. One of them was Officer Colby Wilmes. DOJ
Police arrived 8 minutes after the call at 2:31 am. Source: KTVZ, DOJ
According to the DOJ Affidavit here is what happened:
“Officer Colby Wilmes responded to the Pelosi residence, California and knocked on the front door. When the door was opened, Pelosi and DEPAPE were both holding a hammer with one hand and DEPAPE had his other hand holding onto Pelosi’s forearm. Pelosi greeted the officers. The officers asked them what was going on. DEPAPE responded that everything was good. Officers then asked Pelosi and DEPAPE to drop the hammer.
DEPAPE pulled the hammer from Pelosi’s hand and swung the hammer, striking Pelosi in the head. Officers immediately went inside and were able to restrain DEPAPE. While officers were restraining DEPAPE, Pelosi appeared to be unconscious on the ground.
Officers removed a cell phone, cash, clipper cards, and an unidentified card from DEPAPE’s right shorts pocket. DEPAPE provided officers his first and last name. After officers asked DEPAPE if he had an ID on him, DEPAPE said it might be in his backpack on the back porch and later stated his backpack was near the broken glass. When officers removed DEPAPE from Pelosi’s residence, police body worn camera footage showed a glass door that appeared to be laminated glass, broken near the door handle.
San Francisco Police Department recovered zip ties in Pelosi’s bedroom and in the hallway near the front door of the Pelosi residence. In addition, law enforcement searched DEPAPE’s backpack at the Pelosi residence, and they found, among other things, a roll of tape, white rope, one hammer, one pair of rubber and cloth gloves, and a journal.”
The Speaker was out of town. Source: KMBC
What Is Known About the Suspect
Suspect: David Wayne DePape, age 42 Source: CNN, DOJ
Residence of DePaper: Garage of a residence on Shasta Street in Richmond, California Source: DOJ Complaint and Affidavit
Suspect was living in a school bus outside the home of his ex, fellow nudist activist, Gypsy Taub Source: New York Post
Suspect has three children with Taub. Source: New York Post
“The whole household is very strange…he (DePape) is birds of a feather with them. They are just nudist drug abusers….(Questioned about their political leaning) I’m not sure. I would imagine that they’re more left-leaning.” Source: Interview with a neighbor of DePape, shown in this YouTube video starting at about 8:38-9:49.
Photos from the suspect’s residence indicate anti-capitalist, liberal leanings.
https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/pelosi-attack-suspect-was-a-psychotic
Source of Internet Speculation
Speculation promoted by Elon Musk: “Paul Pelosi and the man who attacked him were gay lovers who had gotten into a fight”, Source: CNN
That speculation traces back to an early news report and a handful of pieces of evidence Source: CNN
San Francisco Police Chief William Scott is quoted as saying, “There is absolutely no evidence that Mr. Pelosi knew this man. As a matter of fact, the evidence indicates the exact opposite.” Source: CNN
Facts About the Ongoing Case
Facebook took down DePepe’s account on Friday, October 28th. Source: CNN
US attorney’s office announced on Monday, October 31st that David DePape is being charged with crimes including assault, attempted murder and attempted kidnapping. – Source: KTVZ.com
Federal charges include one count of “attempted kidnapping of a US official,” and “one count of assault of an immediate family member of a US official with the intent to retaliate against the official.” – Source: KTVZ.com
State charges, according to San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, include:
- attempted murder,
- residential burglary,
- assault with a deadly weapon,
- elder abuse,
- false imprisonment of an elder
- threats to a public official and their family.
- San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins stated
The Affidavit is signed by FBI Special Agent Stephanie Minor and was sworn by telephone to Hon. Thomas S. Hixson, U.S. Magistrate Judge.
The Affidavit alleges that DePape “was prepared to detain and injure Speaker Pelosi when he entered the Pelosi residence in the early morning of October 28, 2022. DEPAPE had zip ties, tape, rope, and at least one hammer with him that morning. The evidence further shows that DEPAPE assaulted Mr. Pelosi with DEPAPE’s own hammer.”
It also states that Minor has “not included every fact known to me concerning this investigation” and goes on to list several sources of her information:
- personal knowledge of the facts and circumstances obtained through my participation in this investigation,
- information provided to me by other agents and law enforcement officers,
- information provided by reports of other law enforcement officers,
- information provided by 1 In re App. For Criminal Complaint and Arrest Warrant
- audio recording evidence
- video and photographic evidence
- information provided by records and databases.
An unnamed witness was interviewed by Officer Colby Wilmes. – DOJ
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