WASHINGTON (AP) As officials seek clues about what prompted a Georgia man to fatally stab a Pentagon police officer, details of the suspect’s troubled past emerged Wednesday through interviews and court records. Austin William Lanz, 27, was arrested last April for a break-in at a neighbor’s home and drew.
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Who Is Austin Lanz? Suspect Identified In Pentagon Transit Center Shooting
On 8/3/21 at 9:47 PM EDT
Lanz, a 27-year-old Georgia resident, is suspected of having rushed towards a Pentagon police officer before stabbing them in the throat, killing them. Law enforcement officers then shot Lanz, killing him at the scene.
Lanz had previously enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in October 2012, the Associated Press reported. However, he never earned the title Marine because he was administratively separated from the service less than a month later, the Marine Corps said in a statement.
Investigators are looking into Lanz s background for evidence of mental illness or political sympathies that might ve contributed to his alleged actions.
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An officer has died after being attacked on Tuesday morning at a transit station just outside the Pentagon, federal officials say.
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency, tasked with securing the building, said in a tweet it was mourning the tragic loss of a Pentagon Police Officer killed during this morning’s incident at the Pentagon. Our thoughts and prayers are with the officer’s family. The agency did not release the officer s name but said more information would be released after family was notified.
The suspect, who officials say ambushed and stabbed the officer, died after being shot by law enforcement at the transit station, according to officials who were not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.