![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/paul-pelosi-told-cops-of-crazed-hammer-attacker-by-speaking-in-code-on-911-call/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1_BRITAIN-US-DIPLOMACY.jpg&description=The intruder, 42-year-old David Depape, reportedly confronted the speaker's husband as he stormed into the couple's home and shouted "where is Nancy, where is Nancy?"US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (L) and husband Paul Pelosi outside No 10 Downing StreetPaul Pelosi was able to alert cops to the crazed hammer intruder who had broken into his and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's house by speaking in code, sources say. Mr Pelosi had dialled 911 but couldn't speak to the operator in case it alerted the attacker. Instead he spoke to the attacker giving enough detail so the officer on the other end of the line could overhear and understand something was wrong. The quick thinking dispatcher issued a high priority welfare check and officers rushed to the scene. On arrival at the San Francisco home they saw the incident had escalated with the intruder and Mr Pelosi grappling for a hammer. As officers crossed the room, the attacker allegedly wrestled the weapon off the 82-year-old victim and struck him over the head. The San Francisco home was damaged in the incident ( REUTERS) The suspect, who has been named as 42-year-old David Depape, was tackled by police and arrested. Mr Pelosi was taken to hospital with head injuries and needed surgery but tahnkfully is expected to make a full recovery. San Francisco Police Chief William Scott praised the quick-thinking dispatcher. He said: 'When you have an experienced dispatcher with good instincts, they learn how to read between the lines." A source told CNN Pelosi was talking in code, giving enough information so the call operator new something was badly wrong. Police at the scene of Speaker Pelosi's home ( Arthur Dong/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) Scott continued: 'She knew something more was going on, just in her heart and her intuition, just with her experience. 'And that calls for a higher priority than this type of call normally receives. This was a well-being check. And she just knew there was more to it){kind=link}
The intruder, 42-year-old David Depape, reportedly confronted the speaker’s husband as he stormed into the couple’s home and shouted “where is Nancy, where is Nancy?”
Paul Pelosi was able to alert cops to the crazed hammer intruder who had broken into his and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s house by speaking in code, sources say.
Mr Pelosi had dialled 911 but couldn’t speak to the operator in case it alerted the attacker.
Instead he spoke to the attacker giving enough detail so the officer on the other end of the line could overhear and understand something was wrong.
The quick thinking dispatcher issued a high priority welfare check and officers rushed to the scene.