Pentagon officials later confirmed the officer’s death in a mourns the tragic loss of a Pentagon Police Officer killed during this morning’s incident at the Pentagon,” they wrote on Twitter. Kusse said there were “several casualties” in the incident during a press conference in the hours after the shooting, but did not release information on the conditions of any of the victims. The FBI continues to investigate the incident. The deceased subject has been identified as Austin William Lanz, 27, most recently of Acworth, GA. The FBI Washington Field Office responded to the incident, along with the PFPA, Other PFPA officers engaged the subject, who ultimately died at the scene.Ī civilian bystander, who was also injured during the incident, was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and later released. on Tuesday, August 3, an individual exited a bus at the Pentagon Transit Center in Arlington, VA, and immediately, without provocation, attacked Officer George Gonzalez with a knife, severely wounding him.Ī struggle ensued, in which the subject mortally wounded Officer Gonzalez and then shot himself with the officer’s service weapon. One other person suffered injuries that were not life threatening, according to the FBI.Īt approximately 10:40 a.m. The FBI released a statement the afternoon of Wednesday, August 4, 2021, saying that Lanz shot himself with Gonzalez’s service weapon after fatally stabbing Gonzalez. JUST IN: The Pentagon is currently on lockdown with no personnel allowed outside due to a "shooting event" that happened outside the building on a bus platform, according to the Pentagon Force Protection Agency Gonzalez Was ‘Ambushed’ at His Post At the Transit Center & Stabbed in the Neck, Officials Said Kusse noted some preliminary reports were inaccurate, and released very limited information at the press conference aside from saying the crime scene was secure.
The suspect was initially reported to be on the run, and officials later said a suspect was shot and killed, according to official statements. That person has been released from the hospital, the FBI said. At least one other person was injured, but officials did not say how the injury occurred. The FBI released a statement the day after the incident saying that Lanz shot himself with Gonzalez’s gun. Law enforcement told The Associated Press the suspect was Austin William Lanz, 27, of Georgia, which was later confirmed in an FBI statement. The FBI is leading the investigation, Kusse said. He said police became aware of the incident through a radio call. Pentagon Police Chief Woody Kusse said during a press conference the officer was “attacked” and stabbed. Officials said just before noon that day the scene was secured, and the lockdown was lifted about 10 minutes later. The incident occurred at the Metrobus platform of the Pentagon Transit Center, the Department of Defense said in a statement. The suspect, Austin William Lanz, was killed and at least one other person was injured, officials said. It was closed in March 2020 after a man was fatally stabbed on the platform and reopened hours afterwards.A United Express plane flies past the Pentagon on Jin Washington, DC.Ī police officer, George Gonzalez, was killed outside the Pentagon, which was on lockdown after reports of shots fired at a nearby metro station in Arlington, Virginia near Washington, D.C. The Metro bus platform, a major entrance to the Pentagon, is used by multiple bus lines in the area every day. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority said trains and busses were bypassing their stops at the transit center due to the investigation. “We request that everyone stay away from the Metro rail entrance and bus platform area.” “The Pentagon has lifted the lock down and has reopened,” the agency said on Twitter. One other officer was injured and sent to hospital. The gunman was shot by a Pentagon police officer and did not get inside the Pentagon building, the agency’s official told POLITICO. The Pentagon Force Protection Agency, which sent out a lockdown alert following the “shooting event,” said at the noon time that the facility reopened and the “scene of the incident is secure” though remains an active crime scene. The Pentagon lifted the lockdown roughly an hour and a half after multiple gunshots were fired near the Metro bus platform outside the building on Tuesday morning.
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