Veteran killed by police at Bay Pines VA Center

UPDATE

FBI identifies veteran killed in VA hospital incident
Tampa Tribune
By Howard Altman
Tribune Staff
Published: October 26, 2013

ST. PETERSBURG — The FBI has identified the 68-year-old veteran who was shot to death by police after officials said he threatened them Friday night at Bay Pines VA Medical Center.

Officials say Vincent L. Young, 9261 48th Ave. N., St. Petersburg, drove to the medical center at 10000 Bay Pines Blvd. at about 5 p.m. Friday and walked into the lobby of the emergency room carrying a backpack.

Young said he had a bomb, and when police with the Department of Veterans Affairs confronted him, he brandished a knife and lunged at them, said Special Agent Dave Couvertier with the FBI.

The VA police officers shot and wounded Young, who lived in a neighborhood just across Bay Pines Boulevard from the medical center. He was treated at the hospital, but died there from his injuries.

The emergency room at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center reopened at 8 a.m. Saturday.
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Veteran, 68, shot dead at St. Pete VA hospital
The Tampa Tribune
BY JOSÉ PATIÑO GIRONA
Published: October 25, 2013

ST. PETERSBURG — Police fatally shot a 68-year-old veteran who claimed he had a bomb and lunged at them with a knife in the emergency room of the Bay Pines VA Health Care center, an FBI spokesman said.

The man drove to the medical center at 10000 Bay Pines Blvd. about 5 p.m. Friday and walked into the lobby of the emergency room carrying a backpack, said Special Agent Dave Couvertier with the FBI.

The man said he had a bomb, and when police with the Department of Veterans Affairs confronted him, he brandished a knife and lunged at them, Couvertier said.

The officers shot and wounded him. He was treated in the hospital and died there from his injuries.

The man's identity will be released after next of kin are notified, Couvertier said.

Authorities would not comment on how many shots were fired.

Inside the backpack investigators found a suspicious object, Couvertier said, “a piece of PVC pipe, I guess, made to look like a bomb or explosive device.”

Authorities quickly determined “it was not an actual device. It was a hoax device.”
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