Pentagon Identifies Officer Slain in Attack as Officials Seek Clues

Pentagon Identifies Officer Slain in Attack as Officials Seek Clues
Pentagon Police Officer George Gonzalez in a file photo. Pentagon Force Protection Agency via AP
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WASHINGTON—Federal investigators were digging Wednesday into the background of a Georgia man who officials say fatally stabbed a Pentagon police officer at a transit station outside the building before being shot and killed himself.

The Pentagon Force Protection Agency identified the slain officer as George Gonzalez, a New York native and Army veteran who served in Iraq and joined the police force three years ago. He died after being attacked Tuesday morning on a bus platform outside the Pentagon.