Surprise! It was revealed Monday that armed White House intruder Omar Gonzalez got a lot farther into America's first family's home than previously imagined.

Not only that, but Secret Service officials also revealed Monday that a gunman firing two blocks away into the White House in 2011 actually hit a second floor window while President Obama's mother-in-law and youngest daughter were sitting there. The gunman fired at least seven bullets into the upstairs residence across the South Lawn from a distance of 700 yards.

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Federal law enforcement officials said Gonzalez, 42, a former soldier from Copperas Cove, Texas, ran all the way into the White House East Room, rather than only through the North Portico door as first reported.

Just 10 minutes after President Obama and his daughters left the White House for Camp David, lax security at the mansion allowed Gonzalez to climb the outer fence and race to, and apparently through, the doorway. Gonzalez was armed with a 3 1/2 inch blade folding knife.

It also turned out Gonzales had two hatchets, another knife and 800 rounds of ammunition in his vehicle. However, Secret Service officials initially left out details about how heavily armed Gonzalez was and said he had been stopped by security guards as soon as he went through the door.

As for the 2011 incident, a new report said it took Secret Service agents five days to confirm the bullets fired at the White House actually struck the residence. They didn't realize bullets had struck the residential wing until a housekeeper brought that to their attention. It also took several days to apprehend and arrest the shooting suspect.

In the wake of the latest security breach, the Secret Service said it had initiated stepped-up White house surveillance and officer patrols while officials investigated what went wrong in the incident.

Gonzalez was charged on suspicion of entering a restricted building unlawfully while carrying a dangerous or deadly weapon. It was revealed he was an Army veteran who served from 1997 to 2003 and 2005 to 2012, including tours in Iraq. He retired due to disability, the Army said.

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