Ex-Biden staffer claims accidental shot killed girlfriend as dad blasts toxic, abusive relationship: report

The begetter of a caller assemblage postgraduate allegedly gunned down by her ex-Biden staffer fellow wrong their shared California flat has claimed respective reddish flags marred the couple’s narration starring up to the shooting. 

Nation Wood, 25, is charged with involuntary manslaughter successful the shooting decease of Samantha Emge, 22, successful San Francisco connected March 24. 

Wood has maintained that the shooting was accidental, with authorities saying helium allegedly fired his pistol done the partition of the couple’s flat arsenic Emge stepped retired of the shower, according to the California Post. 

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Nation Wood, 25, is charged with involuntary manslaughter successful transportation with the shooting decease of Samantha Emge, 22, successful San Francisco, Calif., connected March 24, 2026. (Samantha Emge/Instagram)

Emge’s father, Bill Phipps, told the Post the couple’s narration was tumultuous and occasionally abusive, portion questioning if the alleged shooting was genuinely accidental. 

"Their narration was not good, and helium was an abusive boyfriend. Samantha had been trying to interruption up with him for a while," Phipps said, the outlet reported. "She was incapable to interruption up with him, and she was looking guardant to him going away."

Wood was conscionable 2 weeks distant from joining the National Guard erstwhile the shooting occurred, and Emge had lone precocious moved backmost successful with the San Francisco State graduate, the Post reported.

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Emge reportedly staged an involution with Wood regarding his alleged drinking occupation aft her begetter said helium became physically and emotionally abusive. She besides moved retired of the location the brace shared for a play of time, her begetter said. 

Samantha Emge, 22, was fatally changeable wrong her flat successful San Francisco, Calif., connected March 24, 2026. (Samantha Emge/Instagram)

"All of her friends were perpetually trying to archer her she should interruption up with him," Phipps told the Post.

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Wood’s LinkedIn leafage indicated helium worked arsenic a part-time information staffer for President Joe Biden’s Secret Service squad successful 2023, according to the Post. He was besides reportedly photographed adjacent to erstwhile Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic the brace posed successful beforehand of a statesmanlike jet. 

Samantha Emge poses for an undated photograph. (Samantha Emge/Instagram)

According to his LinkedIn profile, Wood reportedly worked astatine the White House done July 2025 and described his existent occupation arsenic an "independent pre-event tract information advisor."

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He told constabulary helium was "dry-firing" his weapon and did not recognize it was loaded erstwhile the limb fired done a medicine furniture and struck Emge successful the face, according to the Post.

Defense lawyer Paula Canny said Wood had been sober for 16 months astatine the clip of the alleged shooting, and had initially asked the tribunal that her lawsuit beryllium allowed to question to a Tucson session for attraction earlier dropping the petition aft Emge’s parents fought back, according to the outlet.

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"Samantha told Nation’s household however overmuch she loved Nation and however overmuch she loved being a portion of their family," Canny said, the Post reported. "Nation’s household is devastated by this calamity and their hearts spell retired to Samantha’s household and loved ones."

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins reportedly said successful a connection that the probe remains ongoing arsenic prosecutors could perchance measurement further charges against Wood.

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"As the probe unfolds, if immoderate caller grounds comes to light, that is admissible successful tribunal and capable to conscionable our load of proof, we whitethorn question to record an amended ailment to bespeak much oregon antithetic charges from what was initially charged," Jenkins said.

Wood pleaded not blameworthy successful San Francisco Superior Court and was released to a psychiatric infirmary connected $300,000 bail, according to the Post.

Wood's defence lawyer and the San Francisco District Attorney's Office did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.