WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania man shot by the Secret Service at a White House gate earlier this year after he refused to drop a gun he was carrying has been sentenced to eight months confinement.

Jesse Olivieri was shot on May 20. The 31-year-old from Ashland, pleaded guilty in September to a charge of “resisting or impeding certain officers or employees with a dangerous weapon.”On Tuesday, Judge Royce C. Lamberth sentenced Olivieri to a total of eight months of confinement.Olivieri will get credit for the time he has been in custody and serve the rest of his sentence in home detention, in his case at a medical facility.He will need additional medical care because of the incident, documents state. He will serve three years of supervised release.In a filing Sept. 30, Lamberth also ordered that Olivieri is not permitted near the White House or to possess firearms.Olivieri was shot by a Secret Service officer near the southwest grounds of the White House.Olivieri was carrying a handgun pointed toward the ground and refused to stop when ordered to do so.Charging documents said a Secret Service officer asked him why he came to the White House and his response was, “I came here to shoot people.”Olivieri, a 2003 North Schuylkill High School graduate, pleaded guilty Sept. 6 to a federal charge of resisting or impeding certain officers with a dangerous weapon. In a sentencing memorandum, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Crabb Jr. said a period of imprisonment would “promote respect for the law, provide just punishment and afford adequate deterrence. While it is unlikely that Mr. Olivieri would be involved in such an incident again, it is important for his sentence to serve as an appropriate deterrent to others who may approach the White House armed.”He said Olivieri “does not seem to have been motivated by a desire to harm others.” However, Olivieri’s actions resulted in the White House being put on lockdown.“Approaching the White House while brandishing a loaded pistol and ignoring law enforcement’s directions to cease is a serious offense,” Crabb said.His actions “placed civilians and law enforcement personnel in serious danger.”While recognizing the seriousness of Olivieri’s actions, assistant federal public defenders Loui Itoh and Mary Manning Petras said in aid of sentencing filed Monday that his actions that day were a “product of his mental illness.”He previously experienced paranoid delusions and believed he was “a subject of a conspiracy and that he was being watched by video cameras,” according to the memorandum.Olivieri continues to “suffer from paranoid delusions and requires both ongoing psychiatric medication.”He sought treatment during different times and was diagnosed with varying mental conditions, the document states.When he was 13, Olivieri experimented with alcohol and drugs, the document states, but had not done so since his 20s.Olivieri was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia, public defenders said. He and his family are aware “he has a serious mental illness and are eager for him to receive treatment,” they said.Olivieri must have mental health therapy and continue medication to treat his illness, public defenders said.“Mr. Olivieri takes responsibility for his actions and does not seek to minimize his conduct. He never meant to hurt anyone, and he deeply regrets what he has done,” the public defenders said.Olivieri can’t explain his motivations because of his mental health condition.“The instant offense was the product of Mr. Olivieri’s untreated mental illness, and the only known instance of him engaging in violent conduct,” the memorandum states.A doctor estimated Olivieri will not be back to what he was physically for between 1½ to 2 years from the date of the incident in May.Olivieri was in George Washington University Hospital off and on related to the May 20 incident.Being shot by the Secret Service officer injured his pancreas and part of his small intestine, federal prosecutors said. Complications arose from the injuries that required surgery. Ongoing medical care is needed, documents show.No one responded immediately to a telephone message left with his attorney Tuesday.The Republican Herald contributed to this report.