Austin William Lanz (Cobb County Sheriff's Office)
Austin William Lanz (Cobb County Sheriff's Office)

Austin William Lanz was a resident of Georgia, United States. Here are 10 more things about him:

  1. He lived in Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia. (a)
  2. On October 9, 2012, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. (b)
  3. On November 2, 2012, he was administratively separated from the U.S. Marine Corps. (b)
  4. On April 24, 2021, he forced himself into a private residence in Atlanta, Georgia with a crowbar. He had allegedly left inappropriate photographs and notes in the residence's mailbox on numerous occasion. He was later arrested and charged with criminal trespassing and burglary. While being placed in the Cobb County detention center, he attacked two deputies without warning and damaged one of the deputies' tasers beyond repair. A separate criminal case was filed against him with six additional charges, including two counts of aggravated battery on police, one count of criminal damage to property, one count of making a terrorist threat and one count of rioting in a penal institution. (b) (c)
  5. In May 2021, a judge reduced his bond to $30,000, released him, prohibited him from ingesting illegal drugs and required him to undergo a mental health evaluation. (b)
  6. At around 10:40 a.m. on August 3, 2021, he exited a bus at the Pentagon Transit Center in Arlington, Virginia, USA, fatally stabbed Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA) officer George Gonzalez without provocation and fatally shot himself with Gonzalez's service weapon. (a)
  7. He died at the age of 27. (a)

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