The crime wave in Washington, D.C., made its way to the residence of Vice President Kamala Harris overnight.

At around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, U.S. Secret Service officers responded to reports of a single gunshot at 34th and Massachusetts Avenue NW, near the U.S. Naval Observatory, the Secret Service said in a statement.

Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said crime scene units were investigating the discharge of a firearm.

Crime scene units are investigating following overnight discharge of a firearm near the Naval Observatory. There is no indication that the building was targeted and no impact to any protectings. pic.twitter.com/WVurw9wsDn

— Anthony Guglielmi (@SecretSvcSpox) April 17, 2023

“No one was reported to be injured and there is currently no indication that this incident was directed towards any protectees or the Naval Observatory,” added Lt. Paul Mayhair, another Secret Service spokesman.

JUST IN ‼️ @SecretService has Crime Scene Investigators at the entrance to the U.S. Naval Observatory, home to @VP Kamala Harris. Unclear what type of incident led to the response, but rush hour traffic backing way up on Mass Ave at 9am on a Monday. @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/LbShwo6SWA

— Eric Flack (@EricFlackTV) April 17, 2023

The incident happened as the nation’s capital grapples with a rise in crime in the district in recent years, including a surge in gun violence. As reported by Axios, there was a 40% spike in reported violent crimes involving a gun between 2017, when there were 1,573, and last year, when the number rose to 2,203.

Politicians and their staffers have become victims of crime in recent weeks. A House Democrat, Angie Craig of Minnesota, made headlines after being violently assaulted in an elevator at her apartment building in D.C. And a staffer to Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was stabbed in a random attack.

The U.S. attorney in D.C. chose not to prosecute 67% of those arrested in the city last year, according to a Washington Post report. “Of course we are concerned,” D.C. Police Chief Robert Contree III was quoted as saying. “We believe every person we arrest should be off the streets.”

Despite these concerns, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson appeared before the House Oversight Committee late last month and insisted “there is not a crime crisis in Washington, D.C.” He made these comments after President Joe Biden signed a measure several weeks ago that nixed an overhaul of the city’s criminal code that critics, including Republicans, decried as being too soft on crime.

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The Secret Service said on Monday that roads around the intersection outside the Naval Observatory were temporarily closed due to the ongoing investigation.

Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, made a surprise visit to an abortion rights rally in Los Angeles over the weekend. Multiple reporters said Harris was still in California on Monday.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said over the weekend that dozens of leaks of classified intelligence from the Pentagon had not affected U.S. cooperation with allies.

The Pentagon leaks have set off a series of foreign policy controversies that the Biden administration is attempting to tamp down, from accusations of U.S. spying on allied nations to concerns among allies about the security of intelligence shared with the U.S.

Blinken and other Biden administration diplomats have attempted to reassure allies about the security of U.S. intelligence despite hundreds of pages of leaked intelligence.

“We have engaged with our allies and partners since these leaks came out, and we have done so at high levels, and we have made clear our commitment to safeguarding intelligence and our commitment to our security partnerships,” said Blinken Saturday when asked about concerns he may have heard from U.S. allies over the leaks.

“What I’ve heard so far at least is an appreciation for the steps that we’re taking, and it’s not affected our cooperation. I just haven’t seen that. I haven’t heard that,” continued Blinken. “And of course, the investigation is taking its course. There’s now, as you know, a suspect in custody but importantly as well, I know, measures being taken to further safeguard information. But to date, based on the conversations I’ve had, I have not – not heard anything that would affect our cooperation with allies and partners.”

The FBI arrested 21-year-old Jack Teixeira, a member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, on Thursday and charged him with violating the Espionage Act for posting dozens of transcriptions and photos of classified documents to a private Discord server. Many of the documents later circulated freely online after a member of the Discord group posted them publicly.

U.S. allies have reportedly expressed concern over the security of U.S. intelligence before and after it was revealed that the leaks allegedly came from Teixeira, a junior IT worker in the Air National Guard. Teixeira was granted top-secret security clearance to aid his unit in sharing intelligence for combat support and homeland security.

An official from a European country told The Washington Post that the leaks have “caused some damage as it raises doubts as to how intelligence is protected and handled.” Other nations cannot afford to restrict intelligence sharing with the U.S. because of the importance of having access to U.S. intelligence, however.

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“Intel agencies will sort this out,” the official said. “I don’t believe anyone could afford really stopping the cooperation.”

Despite the lack of action, the leaks are still “devastating” to U.S. allies, according to one former U.S. intelligence official.

“It’s hard to trust us with your secrets if we can’t protect them,” former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Bill Lynn told CNBC.

“It’s devastating to our allies to see that kind of information being promulgated,” said Lynn. “It was shared too widely … but that’s 20-20 hindsight and easy to say now.”