The man who entered the White House unauthorized around 7 p. m. Friday was an Iraq war veteran and is suffering from PTSD, his former stepson told CNN News.

An affidavit says Omar Gonzalez told a Secret Service agent that “he was concerned that the atmosphere was collapsing and needed to get the information to the President of the United States so that he could get the word out to the people.”

Gonzalez hopped the north fence of the White House, sprinted across the lawn, and made it inside the north portico doors before being stopped and apprehended, said Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary. It was at first thought he had been unarmed, but a Spyderco VG-10 folding knife was found in his pocket, according to the affidavit. The knife sports a 3-and-a-half inch serrated blade.

Gonzalez is in custody and set to appear in court Monday, accused with unlawfully entering a restricted building and carrying a weapon.

Former secret service agent Daniel Bongino said on CNN that he’s seen hundreds of people successfully scale the White House fence but had never seen someone make it all the way inside the building. Such intruders are usually caught, but in Friday’s case, Gonzalez was merely shouted at to stop.

The Secret Service has received much backlash for allowing this man to enter the White House and is reviewing their protocols to prevent such a thing from happening in the future.

This incident occurred just minutes after the first family departed the White House for the weekend.

Gonzalez’s former stepson is named Jerry S. Murphy. Murphy says he had not spoken to his former stepfather since his parents were divorced two years ago, but at that time Gonzalez was seeing a therapist on base at Fort Hood in Texas.

That psychiatrist had prescribed Gonzalez with medication for two conditions he was diagnosed with: his PTSD and his paranoia.

Murphy said his ex-stepfather is a “great, great guy” who did three tours in Iraq and that the knife he was carrying was an everyday pocket item.