An ex-security aide to President Joe Biden who posed for a photo on a presidential plane with former Vice President Kamala Harris was arrested for a chilling murder in San Francisco.
Nation Wood, 25, was arrested Wednesday, just 24 hours after he allegedly shot and killed San Francisco State University graduate Samantha Emge, 22, at a home in San Francisco’s Sunset District.
Wood identified himself on his LinkedIn profile as of November 2023 as a part-time security worker for Biden’s White House Secret Service team.
He worked in the White House until July 2025, completing his term under President Donald Trump, according to his LinkedIn page, which lists him as an “independent pre-event security consultant.”
Wood said on LinkedIn that he worked in advanced security and “provided external advisory venue security assessments for events with VIP attendance.”
“Experience includes site walkthroughs and advance coordination with the U.S. Secret Service for senior government officials and high net worth clients,” his LinkedIn says.
Police say Wood shot and killed Emge at a home near Ocean Beach in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Officers arrived at the home at 10:43 p.m. and found Wood’s alleged victim with a gunshot wound, according to police. Emge was taken to a hospital where she died.
Homicide investigators in the case collected evidence against Wood and took him into custody for involuntary manslaughter. He was booked into the San Francisco County Jail, where he remained Friday.
Wood studied political science and government at SFSU and graduated in May 2024, according to his LinkedIn account.
The alleged killer shared a photo of himself smiling with Harris and her husband, former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, in front of a presidential plane in 2024.
Wood grins in the photo as the vice president and other dignitaries were taken on a tarmac before a jet engine painted the distinctive blue of U.S. presidential planes.
“Very grateful to have had the opportunity to assist the VP with her trip to APEC in San Francisco,” the post read.
The post is an apparent reference to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, an international summit of world powers organized 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.
Emges Instagram On the account, the two are seen together in several posts, 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.
According to her Instagram account, the couple took a trip to Yosemite together in June after Emge’s graduation
Emge’s friends mourned her on her profile.
“RIP” posted a friend of the dead young woman, with a heart emoji.
Supervisor Alan Wong, who represents the area where Emge was killed, suggested Emge’s killing may have been an accident.
“Initial information suggests 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.
Secret Service representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wood’s alleged former employment there.
