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An ex-security staffer for President Joe Biden who posed for pics with former VP Kamala Harris in front of a presidential jet was arrested for a chilling murder in San Francisco.
Nation Wood, 25, was arrested Wednesday, just 24 hours after he allegedly shot and killed Samantha Emge, 22, a 2025 graduate of San Francisco State University, at a home in San Francisco’s Sunset District.
Wood identified himself as a part-time security staffer for Biden’s White House Secret Service team starting in November 2023 on his LinkedIn profile.
He worked at the White House through July 2025, finishing out his term under President Donald Trump, according to his LinkedIn page that lists him as an “independent pre-event site security advisor.”
Wood said on LinkedIn that he worked as advance security, providing “external advisory site security assessments for events with VIP attendance.”
“Experience includes site walkthroughs and advance coordination alongside U.S. Secret Service for senior government and high-net-worth principals,” his LinkedIn states.
Wood shot and killed Emge at a residence near San Francisco’s Ocean Beach on Tuesday, according to cops.
Officers arrived at the home at 10:43 p.m. and discovered Wood’s alleged victim suffering from a gunshot wound, according to police. Emge was taken to a hospital where she died.
Homicide investigators on the case collected evidence against Wood and took him into custody for involuntary manslaughter. He was booked at San Francisco County Jail where he remained Friday.
Wood was a political science and government major at SFSU, graduating in May 2024, according to his LinkedIn account.
The alleged killer shared a photo showing him smiling with Harris and her husband, former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, in front of a presidential jet in 2024.
Wood grins in the photo with the VP and other dignitaries taken on a tarmac before a jet engine painted the distinctive blue of U.S. presidential airplanes.
“Very grateful to have had the opportunity to help the VP with her trip to APEC in San Francisco,” the post reads.
The post is an apparent reference to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, which was an international summit of world powers hosted in San Francisco and attended by Harris.
Emge graduated from San Francisco State University and worked in interior design, according to her LinkedIn profile.
One of Emge’s friends told The SF Standard that Wood was the victim’s boyfriend.
Emge’s Instagram account shows the two together in several post, with one post showing them smiling and sporting baseball caps.
“Travelled, ate, built a table, and became a real adult in 2025,” Emge captioned the post.
The couple went on a trip to Yosemite together in June, after Emge’s graduation, according to her Instagram account
Emge’s friends mourned her on her profile.
“RIP” posted one friend of the dead young woman, with a heart emoji.
Supervisor Alan Wong, who represents the area where Emge was killed, suggested that Emge’s killing may have been an accident.
“Early information suggests that this may not have been an intentional act,” Wong told Mission Local.
Wood’s LinkedIn also shows that he also worked as a property manager for a self-storage facility.
Reps for the Secret Service didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Wood’s alleged former employment there.
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