Texas man who stormed White House 'had a knife'

Uniformed Secret Service officers walk along the lawn on the North side of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014.

Jeff Mason

THE Texas man arrested on Friday for charging at the White House was armed with a knife when he climbed a fence and made it into the executive mansion after President Barack Obama had departed, the U.S. Attorney's Office has said.

Previously, the U.S. Secret Service had said Omar Gonzalez, 42, had been unarmed.