Crime & Safety
Brother Of Pentagon Cop-Killer Held In GA Double Murder: Police
A Georgia man suspected of killing a young couple is the brother of the man who fatally stabbed a Pentagon officer in August, police said.
COBB COUNTY, GA — A Georgia man suspected of killing a young couple last week is the brother of the man who fatally stabbed a Pentagon police officer in August, police say.
Matthew Lanz, 22, was arrested Friday in Cobb County, Georgia and faces multiple charges, including 10 counts of attempted murder on a police officer. Cobb County police also connected him to the killings of firefighter Timothy Justin Hicks and his wife, Amber, both 31 years old.
Lanz's brother Austin stabbed and killed a Pentagon police officer in August before he was shot by law enforcement officers and died. Austin, who was also a Georgia resident, was 27 when he was killed by police after the officer attack and a standoff. Police in Sandy Springs, Georgia, confirmed the two men are related.
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WSB-TV said Matthew Lanz shared a backyard fence with the Hicks family and lived next door to them. Austin Lanz was arrested for breaking into the same home in April, though different people owned it at the time.
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The Hickses' 2-year-old son was uninjured.
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