On Dec. 11, 2022, while receiving full-time protection from the State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service in regard to threats from Iran, a former Trump administration official had two personal vehicles stolen from the driveway of his northern Virginia home.

Brian Hook, formerly the State Department’s special representative for Iran, was in his residence while the thefts occurred. Three weeks later, one of those vehicles was used in a Jan. 3 rush-hour shooting in the Brightwood area of northern Washington, D.C. Two adults and an 8-year-old child were wounded in the shooting. One adult male was killed. The association between the car theft and the shooting has not previously been reported.