D.C. police identify unarmed man shot outside the White House during the president’s Monday press briefing

Metropolitan D.C. Police have identified the man shot by a Secret Service officer outside the White House during the president’s press conference as Myron Berryman of Forestville, Md.

The 51-year-old, was unarmed when he was apprehended around 6 p.m. Monday after he allegedly shouted about wanting to kill people, then told a uniformed agent he had a weapon, according to a police report and the Secret Service.

Berryman then reportedly “ran aggressively toward the officer, and in a drawing motion, removed an object from his clothing (and) crouched into a shooter’s stance, as if about to fire a weapon,” Secret Service Uniformed Division Chief Tom Sullivan said.

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According to Sullivan, the Secret Service officer fired, striking Berryman in the torso. He was hospitalized and is in stable condition following the shooting and will be charged with assaulting a police officer, USA Today is reporting.

The Secret Service agent was administered a medical evaluation after the shooting, but was not injured. It’s not clear if Berryman had a motive. He reportedly did not reach the grounds at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. No gun was found at the scene of the shooting.

President Trump was briefly whisked away by Secret Service agents inside the White House briefing room, but returned to conclude his briefing.

“It might not have had anything to do with me,” Trump told reporters. “It might have been something else.”

The president admitted he was “surprised,” by the all the commotion, but he appeared unshaken.

With News Wire Services