The untold story of Joe Biden s secret visit with a wounded HPD officer
The untold story of Biden s secret visit with a wounded HPD officer By ABC13 Staff Joe Biden visited the wounded HPD officer secretly in 2019.
Photo courtesy of ABC13 In the midst of the pomp and circumstance of President Joe Biden s inauguration, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo revealed the man who would become the 46th president reached out to him about visiting a wounded officer in the hospital back in 2019. In a series of tweets, Acevedo said the request was made in the days after Texas Southern University hosted the Democratic Presidential Debate, which involved then-Vice President Biden and then-Senator Kamala Harris. On the same night the event was held, an officer was shot just a mile away from campus.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo revealed Pres. Joe Biden personally requested to meet an officer shot shortly after the Democratic Presidential Debate back in 2019. The chief said the then-VP requested to meet the officer without media present.