By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com
An FBI agent shot and killed an Army veteran Wednesday night after he allegedly came at the agent with a knife at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., authorities said, according to a press conference aired on Tampa television.
Authorities said that the veteran was a guest at the base’s family camp, which is for recreational vehicles. At some point, the vet got into an altercation and then fled on his motorcycle with base security in pursuit shortly after 6 p.m. At that point, the base locked all the exits.
When the vet approached the locked gate, he got off his bike and came at the agent with a knife, and the agent shot him, authorities said. Authorities at a press conference, which was posted on Channel 10 in Tampa, said that the agent was the FBI liaison and happened to be at the gate because he was trying to exit.
FBI agent Dave Couvertier, a spokesman, said at the press conference that a shooting review team from Washington was expected to fly down and investigate the incident.
