USF Student Arrested In Bizarre Gunman/Bomb Probe
October 6, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Incident Reports
A strange case unfolded Monday on the USF campus, beginning with a report of an armed gunman on campus.
A chilling alert went out Monday at University of South Florida: “Armed intruder on campus at the library. Officers are on scene searching the area. Avoid the area and report anything suspicious.”
Students watched police storm the school library with guns drawn as the campus remained on lock-down.
Authorities arrested Vincent Thomas-Perry McCoy on a university shuttle bus after he stood up and proclaimed he was the man authorities were looking for. Witnesses said he claimed to have a bomb; he faces charges of making false claims and remained in jail late Monday.
At the end of the day, authorities didn’t know if McCoy was connected to the initial report of a man with a gun near the library. If the suspect truly was on campus, he slipped away. If it was a hoax, police are looking into that too.
“We have to take it seriously every time,” said USF police Lt. Meg Ross. “Until we know otherwise, we have to treat it as a real situation.”
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