PROVINCETOWN, MASS. (WHDH) – Provincetown will soon see hundreds of extra visitors as Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to come to town this weekend.
In the wake of Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Secret Service personnel were already on Cape Cod Tuesday gearing up for Harris’ visit.
Harris will appear at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum for a fundraising event. Already a sold-out event as of Tuesday afternoon, this will be the first time since the deadly shooting at Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania rally that the Secret Service has been in Massachusetts.
“I anticipate that things will go as normal, as planned, without any type of interruptions,” said 7NEWS law enforcement and security expert Todd McGhee.
Shots rang out in Butler on Saturday shortly after Trump took the stage for an outdoor rally.
While an investigation was ongoing as of Tuesday, officials confirmed a gunman on a nearby roof killed one person, badly injured two others, and grazed Trump with a bullet before Secret Service snipers killed him.
With the shooting in mind, McGhee said protecting Harris will be a collaboration between all sectors of law enforcement.
“I would think that, in this trip, this upcoming trip, in light of what happened on Saturday, that the do diligence and certainly be there,” McGhee said. “Coordination with local and state police as usual, as protocol will take place.”
The Massachusetts State Police on Sunday said officials were working with federal, state, and local partners to monitor the shooting in Pennsylvania.
While officials said there was no known connection or direct threat to Massachusetts, the state police said Col. John Mawn was briefed by state intelligence analysts and was prepared to provide situational updates to Gov. Maura Healey as needed.
Officials said the state police increased their presence in highly trafficked areas across Massachusetts “out of an abundance of caution.”
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