A responding officer can be heard saying, “Drop the hammer,” right before the man identified by police as DePape pries the weapon out of Pelosi’s grip and wields it against him.
Both men fall to the ground as police scramble inside, and footage shows Pelosi motionless on the floor.
Capitol Police security camera footage from earlier in the night shows a man wearing a large backpack and carrying two other bags outside the home. He pulls out a hammer and smashes a glass-panel door, then crouches down to enter through it.
After the attacker confronted Paul Pelosi in his bedroom, Pelosi tried to make it to an elevator in the home to reach a phone, but the man blocked his way, authorities previously said. Pelosi then told the man he had to use the restroom, where his cellphone was charging, allowing Pelosi to call 911.