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George Gonzalez

Case from Arlington, VA dated Aug 03, 2021

Victim Details

George Gonzalez

Male

White / Caucasian

Arlington

VA

2021-08-03

37

George

Gonzalez

07/22/2026

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On a Tuesday morning at the Pentagon's bustling transit center in Arlington, Virginia, an act of sudden and unprovoked violence led to the death of 37-year-old Pentagon Police Officer George Gonzalez. On August 3, 2021, Gonzalez, a male U.S. Army veteran and a three-year member of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, was fatally stabbed in the neck. The attack occurred around 10:30 a.m. on a bus platform.

The assailant, identified as 27-year-old Austin William Lanz of Georgia, had just e ...
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  • WTOP: Family: Slain Pentagon police officer was ‘one of the good guys’ | WTOP
  • wusa9.com: Officer killed near Pentagon Metro station was a military veteran who served in Iraq
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