Man killed in home invasion of Peruvian ambassador's residence was in crisis using drugs

The man killed by the Secret Service in Washington D.C. on April 20 after he invaded the residence of the Peruvian ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C. was identified as Gordon Casey, 19. According to his girlfriend, he had a mental breakdown aggravated by drug use, NBC reported Monday.

The Metropolitan Police Department detailed that Casey was a resident of Germantown, Maryland. The young man entered the residence of Peruvian Ambassador Oswaldo de Rivero without authorization in the 3000 block of Garrison Street NW, in the affluent Chevy Chase neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C.

The Secret Service responded to a call from the ambassador's family after noticing that window panes were being smashed. Officers attempted to subdue the intruder with tasers during the confrontation, but "to no avail," according to Washington Police Chief Robert Contee.

Casey allegedly smashed several windows with a "large metal bar" and ignored officers' directions before being fatally shot, Telemundo reported.

"He was breaking windows all over the property," Contee said. "This is totally out of the ordinary. I can't remember the last time we had this kind of incident" at an ambassador's residence.

Authorities have not clarified Casey's motive for invading the official residence, although police suspect it was a random incident and not a direct attack on the diplomatic representative.

Casey's girlfriend, Emma Schultz, said that just hours before the incident at the embassy, she saw him walking down Connecticut Avenue, NBC reported.

His partner said that Casey had just lost his job and was having a mental health crisis. "In the middle of Connecticut Avenue.... [he was] pacing back and forth. He was really paranoid."

Schultz says she met Casey at Sheppard Pratt School, a special education institution for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities. "He was very quiet, very, very sweet. Like I said before. He wouldn't hurt a fly at all," she said.

"We were going to get married and everything," said Schultz, who doesn't accept the fatal outcome and believes officers could have cut Casey down another way. "I just want justice for him. That's all."