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Mark Lanza

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated Aug 03, 2014

Victim Details

Mark Lanza

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Phoenix

AZ

2014-08-03

23

Mark

Lanza

07/21/2026

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On a summer evening in Phoenix, Arizona, the life of 23-year-old Mark Lanza came to a sudden and violent end. On August 3, 2014, Phoenix police officers responded to a report of a burglary at a condominium complex. What transpired next would leave one young man dead and a sequence of events to be recounted by law enforcement. Lanza was identified as a suspect in the burglary, and the situation escalated when officers confronted him.

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  • http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/story/26188222/phoenix-police-shoot-kill-burglary-suspect
  • KGUN 9, Tucson's local news, sports and weather
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