California GOP candidate Larry Elder claims his security detail was shot with a ...

California GOP candidate Larry Elder claims his security detail was shot with a ...
California GOP candidate Larry Elder claims his security detail was shot with a ...

California governor hopeful Larry Elder has claimed that his security detail was 'physically assaulted, shot with a pellet gun and hit with projectiles' during a campaign stop in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

The GOP candidate was touring a homeless encampment on Venice Beach when he was confronted by protesters who threw eggs at him and shouted abuse.

The event was quickly halted, and Elder was escorted to a waiting SUV.  

Elder, who is vying to be the state's first black governor, has now claimed that his security team was shot by a pellet gun - which can cause serious injury at close range. 

Elder tweeted : 'Today I kicked off the Recall Express bus tour. Before we even left Los Angeles, my security detail was physically assaulted, shot with a pellet gun, and hit with projectiles. The intolerant left will not stop us. We will recall Gavin Newsom. We will save California.' 

The LAPD is currently investigating the attack, and no arrests have been made. 

Elder's tweet came after an unidentified woman in a gorilla mask was filmed throwing an egg at him while shouting slurs during the event. 

Her choice of headwear has been branded racist by some commentators online who questioned why she wasn't put in jail for committing a hate crime. She was also seen punching a man who told her to calm down.

The video of Wednesday's incident was captured on video by Spectrum News reporter Kate Cagle and posted to Twitter, shows the leading GOP candidate in the gubernatorial recall race as he arrives in his new 'Recall Express' campaign bus after casting his ballot earlier in the morning.

'The intolerant left will not stop us. We will recall Gavin Newsom. We will save California' Elder tweeted after the attack

'The intolerant left will not stop us. We will recall Gavin Newsom. We will save California' Elder tweeted after the attack

The conservative talk show host-turned-politician made it only 12 minutes at the encampment on 3rd Avenue before being chased by angry homeless people and the woman in the gorilla mask, who was traveling on a smart black bike. 

'Get the hell out of here!' the group yelled as an unidentified, gorilla mask-wearing woman throws the egg in Elder's direction from a bicycle.  

'It kind of glanced his head,' an Elder campaign staffer told the Los Angeles Times of the egg.

Elder quickly got into a waiting Chevrolet Suburban and exited the scene. 

The same woman can then be seen angrily confronting an Elder campaign staffer, who she punches in the face while yelling obscenities, before another woman attempts to hit him as Elder and his staff make their way to

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