Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Law enforcement officials on Wednesday identified a police officer killed in this week's attack outside the Pentagon and the man accused of stabbing him.
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency said officer George Gonzalez died Tuesday when a suspect attacked him, stabbing him. The incident happened at the Metro rail entrance and bus platform at the Defense Department's Arlington, Va., headquarters.
The FBI said suspect William Lanz, 27, of Acworth, Ga., exited a bus at the Pentagon Transit Center and "immediately, without provocation," stabbed Gonzalez with a knife.
"A struggle ensued, in which the subject mortally wounded officer Gonzalez and then shot himself with the officer's service weapon," the FBI said of Lanz, who died at the scene.
Gonzalez previously served with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Transportation Security Administration and in the U.S. Army, where he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his service in Iraq.
Slain officer, suspect in Pentagon attack identified
The Pentagon Force Protection Agency said officer George Gonzalez died Tuesday when a suspect attacked him, stabbing him. The incident happened at the Metro rail entrance and bus platform at the Defense Department's Arlington, Va., headquarters.
The FBI said suspect William Lanz, 27, of Acworth, Ga., exited a bus at the Pentagon Transit Center and "immediately, without provocation," stabbed Gonzalez with a knife.
"A struggle ensued, in which the subject mortally wounded officer Gonzalez and then shot himself with the officer's service weapon," the FBI said of Lanz, who died at the scene.
Gonzalez previously served with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Transportation Security Administration and in the U.S. Army, where he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his service in Iraq.
Slain officer, suspect in Pentagon attack identified