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Old 04-03-2009, 03:37 PM   #1
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Default Breaking News - Gunman opens fire at Immigration Center in N.Y.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Twelve to 13 people were killed Friday whe n a gunman walked into an immigrant services center and opened fire, Gov. David Paterson said. A federal law enforcement official said the gunman was found dead in the building.

"I speak for all of New York when I offer my prayers for the victims and families of this tragedy," Paterson said hours after the gunman shot several people and took dozens hostage. The gunman first blocked the back door with his car, authorities said.

Two people were seen in handcuffs as they left the building, but NBC's Pete Williams said they were not suspects and that police were simply taking extra precautions as people left the building.

Police had identified the suspect as a 42-year-old man who lived in upstate New York, Williams reported.

Authorities scheduled a news conference for 4:30 p.m. ET.

At least 41 people were in the American Civic Association building at the time of the shooting, The Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin reported.

The gunman had a high-powered rifle, Mayor Matthew Ryan told the newspaper. Law enforcement sources later told NBC News that several weapons were recovered from the shooting scene.


The suspect was described as a man in his 20s between 5 feet, 8 inches, and 6 feet tall, wearing a bright green nylon jacket and dark-rimmed glasses.

Police locked down a nearby high school and advised local business owners to stay inside.

Rich Griffith, who works across the street from the hostage scene, said he saw three people carried out of the building on stretchers alive.

At least six hospitalized
Five people with gunshot wounds were being treated at Wilson Medical Center in Johnson City, according to hospital spokeswoman Christina Boyd.

The wounded ranged in age from 20 to their mid-50s, and their conditions ranged from stable to critical, she said.

Linda Miller, a spokeswoman at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, confirmed that a student from Binghamton University was being treated in the emergency room.

Around 1 p.m. ET, Pennie Kerber, 72, told the AP in a phone call from her home across the street that the scene appeared to be settling down.

"The cops are all standing around in the front now. They're still all over the roof for sure," she said. "The SWAT shooters that were to the side of the building look like they're not there anymore."

Redeemer Lutheran Church in Binghamton planned a prayer vigil on Friday night for those affected by the shooting.

Some later left building
When the shooting started at 10:30 a.m. ET, people fled to the basement in search of safety. More than a dozen people were hiding in a closet for more than an hour.

Some people were later escorted out of the building, WBGH reporter Sophia Ojeda said.

College student Leslie Shrager told the AP that she and her five housemates were sleeping when police pounded on the front door of their house next door to the shooting scene.

Officers escorted the six Binghamton University students outside, she said, and that's when they learned of the shooting.

"One of our housemates thought they heard banging of some kind. But when you're living in downtown Binghamton, it's always noisy," said Shrager, of Slingerlands, an Albany suburb. "Literally two minutes later the cops came and got us out."

The American Civic Association's Web site says it helps immigrants and refugees with counseling, resettlement, citizenship, family reunification, interpreters and translators.

Mary Pat Hyland, who teaches classes at the center, told MSNBC that many of the immigrants served there are from Vietnam and Laos. "We have a very diverse ethnic area," she said.

Binghamton, with a population around 45,000, is about 150 miles northwest of New York City.

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Old 04-03-2009, 04:39 PM   #2
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I just caught the tail end of this on the radio.

Why don't these people start by killing themselves first?
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Old 04-03-2009, 05:29 PM   #3
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Largely because they're too afraid to go alone. Or they think this will somehow prove something. It's difficult to guess the motives of the dead.
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Old 04-03-2009, 08:11 PM   #4
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In related news 12-13 convenience stores have had to delay opening for an unknown length of time. Officals stress that applications are being taken at in an increased rate in Bombay and expect to beck at full staff shortly. More news at 11.
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Old 04-03-2009, 11:11 PM   #5
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Yeah this is rather surprising. I go attend school in Syacuse, roughly an hour north of Binghampton. I pass through the city on my way home for breaks, and I have many friends who go to Binghampton University. Upstate NY is a relatively quiet place, no one could even think of it happening here. Downstate maybe, but not upstate.
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Old 04-05-2009, 06:38 AM   #6
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Another day another massacre in the USA. People in downtown Baghdad are glad they don't live somewhere dangerous like America.
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Old 04-05-2009, 06:50 AM   #7
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Another day another massacre in the USA. People in downtown Baghdad are glad they don't live somewhere dangerous like America.
Ahh, sarcasm at it's finest!

..and also the sad truth.
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Old 04-05-2009, 07:06 AM   #8
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I almost wish someone would come on the air--and air it on ALL channels at prime time, and say the following:

"If you are going to kill yourself, then just do it. Take your OWN life. Don't go killing your family or anyone else.
You are the loser, and coward, so just end your own life, ok? No need to involve others because you pussed out
on life, and QQ'ed because you lost your job, and think your life is over now. get real dude. things get better...


I just don't get why these insane people have to go on a spree killing before taking their own life... just don't get that.
I'm sure more background on the mass murderer will come out soon, so we'll have a better picture on why he did it--as if ANYTHING justified this brutal killing spree......
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Old 04-07-2009, 02:52 PM   #9
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Little bit of an update on the shooting, he left some letters behind and apparently if this is legit, he had the mind of a conspiracy theorist. The kind of 'everyone's after me, they're doing this to me' mindset, screws loose to say the least.

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