Comprehensive US media reports, on the 3rd local time, a shooting case occurred at the bus hub of the Pentagon Station near the US Department of Defense office building, resulting in the death of 1 policeman and the injury of two people. The suspect, who served briefly in the Marine Corps, was killed on the spot, and the FBI has stepped in to investigate.
Woodrow Kusse, the Pentagon's chief of security, said at a Defense Department press conference that at 10:37 a.m. local time on the 3rd, a Defense Department police officer was attacked on the platform of the subway and bus transfer station near the Pentagon.
An Associated Press reporter described several gunshots at the time of the crime, at least one more after a short pause, and another Associated Press reporter who heard police officers shouting "gunman."
Gunshots appear outside the Pentagon
Dave Statter, a journalist who lives near the Pentagon, shared the video on Twitter and said he looked through his camera after hearing the gunshots and found two people falling to the ground, with police performing CPR on them and others on gun alert around.
The Arlington Fire and Emergency Medical Service tweeted that a team from the bureau went to the Pentagon subway station area in response to a violent incident and found multiple injured people. The Pentagon tweet confirmed, "We mourn the tragic death of a police officer ... He was killed this morning in an emergency near the Pentagon. ”
Kus said that the nature of the shooting, motives and other details, until the FBI investigation is over, can not disclose more information at present.
The Associated Press quoted unnamed law enforcement officers as reporting that the suspect was Austin William Lanz, a 27-year-old Georgian, who attacked a Defense Department police officer on the platform on the morning of the 3rd. The FBI is digging into whether Lands has a history of mental illness or motives for committing the crime.
Marine Corps spokesman Major Jim Stenger told Fox News that Lands joined the army in October 2012, briefly joined the Marine Corps, and was removed less than a month later.