A 27-year-old, Austin William Lanz, was shot and killed after he stabbed and killed a police officer right outside the Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. military.
On August 3, Tuesday, a police officer was stabbed by a 27-year-old boy right outside the headquarters, Pentagon. The investigators shot the suspect, and he died right there.
After this incident, the Pentagon, Headquarters of the U.S. military, was temporarily closed on lockdown after the incident occurred near the metro entrance of the building.
The violence broke out at a busy stretch of the Washington area’s transportation system.
Pentagon Suspect: Who Is Austin William Lanz?
On Tuesday at 10:30 am, an officer died after being attacked at the transit station just outside the Pentagon.
The officer was stabbed from the back of the neck. The suspect who stabbed the police officer was shot by law enforcement at the transit station while he was running.
The suspect was found by multiple law enforcement. The suspect was Austin William Lanz. He is 27 years old and from Georgia.
The investigators also tried to find out why Lanz would kill the police officer. They also tried to find out if he had a mental illness.
After several investigations, it was found out that Austin William Lanz was enlisted in Marine Corps in 2012 but was “administratively separated” in less than a month after. He never got the title of Marine. The statement by given by Marine Corps.
It seems like Austin has envy towards the military department because he never got the title of his own.
Austin William Lanz Age And Wiki
Austin Lanz was 27 years old from Georgia.
There is no information about him on Wiki.
Austin William Murder Charges -Is He Arrested?
Austin William Lanz was shot and killed in the Pentagon by law enforcement.
Similarly, the record says that Lanz was also arrested in April in Cobb Country, Georgia, on criminal trespassing and burglary charges, according to the online court records.
On that same day, a separate criminal case was charged against Lanz with six additional charges, including two counts of aggravated battery on police, a count of making a terrorist threat,s and a charge of rioting in a penal institution.
After that incident, the judge reduced his bond in May to $30000 and released him, imposing some conditions, including that he doesn’t ingest illegal drugs and undergoes a mental health check-up. The charges against him are still pending.
Besides, Lanz had been held previously at the agency’s detention center but referred all the other questions to the FBI field office in Washington.