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What is known about David DePape, the author of the hammer attack on Paul Pelosi in his home in San Francisco

David DePape, the man who attacked the husband of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in his home, Nancy Pelosihad a list of people he wanted to harm and arrived at the politician’s home with various objects to hold her, such as plastic bands, according to the US press.

Paul Pelosi82, ended up in hospital after being hit with a hammer on Friday night.

LOOK: Nancy Pelosi’s husband undergoes successful surgery after being attacked in his own home

the husband of Nancy Pelosi underwent surgery to repair a skull fracture and serious injuries to the right arm and hands. His doctors expect him to make a full recovery, according to the House Speaker’s office.

the attacker, The 42-year-old could have been planning to hurt more people, sources in the investigation told CBS News.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, arrive at the State Department for a dinner of honor on Dec. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)

Telemundo explained that the criminal investigation, currently led by the san francisco policeleading to the filing of state charges against Depape in San Francisco Superior Court.

“This was not a random act. It has been intentional. And it’s wrong.” declared the head of the san francisco policeWilliam Scott.

A police car is parked in front of Paul Pelosi's home in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

A police car is parked in front of Paul Pelosi’s home in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

What happened?

David DePape, armed with a hammerentered the house of Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco early Friday through a back door. He faced Paul Pelosi and yelled at her, “Where’s Nancy?” according to CNN. At the time of the attack she was in Washington.

CNN maintains that the details of the event indicate that the attacker intended to hold Nancy Pelosi at her home since he was carrying a bag containing multiple zip ties and duct tape.

After an alert call to 911 at 02:27 local time (09:27 GMT), the agents arrived at the house, which had the door open, and found Paul Pelosi Already David Depape struggling at the entrance and both grabbing the same hammer. The politician’s husband was the one who dialed the emergency phone.

The assailant managed to hit Pelosi at least once with him hammer before being overpowered by the police and detained.

Paul Pelosi He was taken to Zuckerberg General Hospital and successfully operated on for a skull fracture and various serious injuries to the right arm and hands.

David DePape, center, films Gypsy Taub being led away by police after her nude wedding on Dec. 19, 2013, in San Francisco.  (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

David DePape, center, films Gypsy Taub being led away by police after her nude wedding on Dec. 19, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

What is known about David DePape?

According to the AP agency, David DePape grew up in Powell River, British Columbia, before leaving that city some 20 years ago to continue until San Francisco to a girlfriend older than him. a domicile of DePappe in the university town Berkeleyin the Bay Area, led to a post office box at a UPS store.

Gene De Pape stepfather of David DePapesaid his stepson had lived with him in Canada until he was 14 and that he was a quiet boy.

He indicated that he has not seen his stepson since 2003 and tried several times to establish communication with him for years without success.

David DePape was known in Berkeley as a activist in favor of nudism who participated naked in protests against local decrees that forced people to wear clothes in public.

Gene DePape said the girlfriend his son followed to California is named Gypsy and they had two children. David DePape he also has a son with another woman, according to his stepfather.

A couple of blogs published online in recent months under the name of David DePape contained rants about technology, aliens, communists, religious minorities, and global elites.

An August 24 post titled “Q”, showed an eschatological collection of memes that included photos of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and made reference to QAnonthe unsubstantiated pro-Trump conspiracy theory that espouses the belief that the country is run by a deep-state cabal of child sex traffickers, satanic pedophiles and baby-eating cannibals, according to the AP agency.

Source: Elcomercio

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