Shooting near White House under review, suspect did not have gun
An internal investigation has been launched into the shooting of a 51-year-old suspect by a Secret Service officer near the White House complex late Monday, which prompted agents to briefly
remove President Donald Trump from a press briefing.
Shortly before 6 p.m., a law enforcement official said, Myron Berryman of District Heights, Maryland,
approached a uniformed Secret Service officer standing at his post about a block from the White House grounds and told the officer that he had a weapon and intended to use it.
"The suspect then turned around, ran aggressively towards the officer, and in a drawing motion, withdrew an object from his clothing," the Secret Service said in an earlier statement. "He then crouched into a shooter’s stance as if about to fire a weapon."
Berryman was shot twice in the torso, according to the law enforcement official who was not authorized to comment publicly. No firearm was found on Berryman, who was listed in stable condition Tuesday. The official did not identify the item that Berryman pulled from his clothing.