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Christopher N. Lanum
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Gender
Male
Age
25 yrs
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
03/08/2009
Location
17157 Skyline Vista Drive Front Royal VA 22630 Warren
Cause of Death
Deadly force
Army specialist Christopher Lanum was wanted as a suspect over the stabbing of a fellow soldier at Fort Eustis. Lanum and his girlfriend, Patsy Ann Marie Montowski, fled in her van, which was later spotted around 200 miles away inside Shenandoah national park. Police pursued the pair, who crashed the van after running over a spiked strip laid in the road. Lanum pointed a gun at police, refused orders to drop it, and was shot and killed.
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Alleged Responsible Party
Virginia State Police, U.S. National Park Service
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National Anthem
United States