Emergency dispatch recordings from Washington, D.C., show first responders were sent to Senator Lindsey Graham’s residence shortly after 8 p.m. on Saturday following a report of a cardiac arrest.
Dispatch logs indicate that units arrived to find the front door locked and received no response from inside, prompting a request for Metropolitan Police officers to force entry.
Approximately 20 to 25 minutes after the initial call, radio traffic confirmed that CPR was being performed as emergency crews worked inside the home. The audio does not name the patient or detail the medical condition.
Later communications described the incident as a “Capitol Police matter only,” and the final relevant dispatch entry occurred shortly after 9:30 p.m.
Details of what responders encountered inside the residence or the extent of medical care provided remain limited.
The senator’s office announced that the 71‑year‑old died on Saturday evening after a “brief and sudden” illness, and the family requested privacy.
The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner released preliminary findings indicating death resulted from an aortic dissection linked to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The death certificate will remain pending until toxicology and microscopic tests are completed.
Senator Graham, a former Air Force colonel with 33 years of service, had been a U.S. senator since 2003, chaired the Senate Budget Committee, and was seeking a fifth term after winning the recent Republican primary.
He had met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv the day before and was scheduled to appear on a major news program on Sunday morning.
