Slain Pentagon Police Officer identified as army veteran

VOA says U.S. authorities on Wednesday identified the Pentagon police officer stabbed to death at a transit station outside the building the day before and were digging into the background of the troubled attacker, who also died at the scene.

The Pentagon Force Protection Agency said the officer was George Gonzalez, a New York native and Army veteran who served in Iraq before joining the police force three years ago.

Law enforcement authorities identified his attacker as Austin William Lanz, 27, of the southern state of Georgia. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Washington Field Office tweeted that Lanz “exited a bus at the Pentagon Transit Center in Arlington, VA, and immediately, without provocation, attacked @PFPAOfficial Officer George Gonzalez with a knife, severely wounding him.” 

https://www.voanews.com/usa/slain-pentagon-police-officer-identified-army-veteran

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