By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A man shot by a Secret Service officer near the White House was holding a comb and suffered from mental illness, according to new court documents.
Myron Berryman, 51, who was charged with assaulting a police officer after the Aug. 10 shooting, approached the Secret Service officer and said he had a gun, The Washington Post reports. Court records say Berryman appeared to grab an object from the right side of his body and pointed his clasped arms at the officer.
Berryman was shot in the torso and is now recovering at a psychiatric hospital, his lawyer says.
It wasn’t until after the shooting that the officer realized Berryman had a comb, not a gun.
Just before the shooting, according to a police report, Berryman is accused of shooting at the officer, “I’m going to kill you. I’m going to shoot you.”
