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Tuesday s fatal attack on a Pentagon police officer at a transit station outside the building was sudden and unprovoked, according to an account of the incident released by the FBI on Wednesday.
Investigators identified the suspect as Austin William Lanz, 27, from Acworth, Georgia. During the struggle with Gonzalez, the FBI said, Lanz shot himself with the officer s weapon.
Other officers engaged the subject, according to the FBI. Lanz died at the scene.
A bystander injured during the incident was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has been released, according to the release.
Investigators examined Lanz’s background, including his criminal history, jail records, financial information and any online accounts, trying to identify a potential motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
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