Gunman At Florida VA Hospital Sentenced To 16-Plus Years

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – A seasoned who opened occurrence astatine a Florida hospital, injuring a doctor, was sentenced to much than 16 years successful national situation connected Friday.

Larry Ray Bon was astatine a Veterans Affairs infirmary exigency country successful West Palm Beach successful 2019 erstwhile helium became frustrated and grabbed a weapon successful his wheelchair and began firing. A doc tried to tackle him and was changeable successful the neck, but yet wrestled the weapon distant from Bon. The doc was severely injured, but survived.

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Another worker was grazed successful the gunfire, according to tribunal records.

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Bon pleaded blameworthy to charges related to the shooting and was initially ordered to beryllium held astatine at a intelligence wellness installation aft a national justice determined helium was suffering from a intelligence illness. He was aboriginal determined to not request psychiatric hospitalization.

“When this suspect fired shots wrong the West Palm Beach VA aesculapian center, helium turned a spot of healing and comfortableness into 1 of violence, fear, and disorder for the U.S. subject veterans and aesculapian unit who were contiguous that day,” Juan Antonio Gonzalez, acting U.S. lawyer for the Southern District of Florida, said successful a quality release.

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