Gunman Kills 13, Wounds 26 at Binghamton Aid Group for Immigrants

[0ni0n]

As many as 13 people have been shot dead and another 26 wounded in a shooting rampage inside an upstate New York civic association building that caters to immigrants, according to federal and state authorities.

According to multiple state law enforcement officials, the gunman entered the one-story American Civic Association in downtown Binghamton about 10 a.m. today and began a shooting spree.

A senior law enforcement official told ABC News that 13 people were shot dead and 26 wounded.

Others were believed to be held inside the building as hostages.
The suspect was described as an Asian male in his 20s, between 5-foot-8 and 6 feet tall, wearing a bright green nylon jacket and dark-rimmed glasses.

Officials said the gunman backed his car up to the rear door of the building to block any escape before he went to the front of the building and started to execute people.

Police officials said two weapons have been found. According to one police report a 9 millimeter pistol was recovered as SWAT team officers entered the building.

The shooter was still unaccounted for. Officials said the shooter could be hiding or among the dead.

One of the first sights that greeted police officers when they entered the American Civic Association, an organization that helps immigrants, was a receptionist who had been shot in the head, police said.

By early afternoon a number of persons were seen being escorted out of the building by police. But police at that time appeared to still be treating the situation as an active one with a shooter possibly still at large.

Four people were removed from the building on stretchers and taken to hospitals, the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin newspaper reported on its website.

Others left with their hands on their heads and were searched by police.
"It looks like they're bringing out hostages. It looks like most of them are coming out," said eye witness Nick Masucci, a community college student and Binghamton resident.

Masucci said as many as 20 people had exited the building and were pat down by police.

"They look like immigrants, lots of different cultures coming out of there. Some people are getting patted down. The police are taking a lot of precautions, they're still taking cover," he said.

Police, he said, still have the building surrounded.

Wilson Medical Center, the closest hospital to the site of the shootings, said three patients had been sent to its trauma center, one of them in critical condition.

One patient, according to a spokeswoman, had been brought to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.

"We're on full alert anticipating we're going to get additional casualties," hospital spokeswoman Linda Miller said.


Thanks, Lou Dobbs.

[Devek]

I bet he voted for McCain

[Mizango]

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[0ni0n]

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[Dimmauk]

Incoming Gun debate!

Fuck Lou Dobbs

[Zilong]

Man, is asian gonna be the profile for homocidal gunmen now?

[Vedder]

Springtime makes Asians want to pop some caps, apparently.

[Mizango]

Gods will, Darwinism etc...

[dynamis]

First time post.. but I've been browsing for years.... I volunteer there every wednesday helping tutor ESL students one on one. There are two floors. The first floor has a kitchen, a room with computers and 3 classrooms.
There is a classroom right to the left of the main entrance and then a hallway that leads to the back entrance where the shooter blocked the door. Down the hall on the left are two classrooms and they contain the adult advanced ESL students. Further down the hall to the right is a stairwell that leads to the basement where I work.
In the basement there are two beginner classes and a meeting area in the middle where I do my tutoring. There is another stairwell at the other end of the classroom. I have never seen an "Asian Male" if they mean china/korea/japan/thai/viet/ etc. There are a number of middle eastern members and I personally tutor a man from Jordan who is 19. There are four ESL teachers and two secretaries. There is a man named Andrew who runs the place but he usually doesnt arrive until 12PM.
A picture I snapped before I went into volunteer a few weeks ago...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...94_2821921.jpg

[Dimmauk]

First time post.. but I've been browsing for years.... I volunteer there every wednesday helping tutor ESL students one on one. There are two floors. The first floor has a kitchen, a room with computers and 3 classrooms.
There is a classroom right to the left of the main entrance and then a hallway that leads to the back entrance where the shooter blocked the door. Down the hall on the left are two classrooms and they contain the adult advanced ESL students. Further down the hall to the right is a stairwell that leads to the basement where I work.
In the basement there are two beginner classes and a meeting area in the middle where I do my tutoring. There is another stairwell at the other end of the classroom. I have never seen an "Asian Male" if they mean china/korea/japan/thai/viet/ etc. There are a number of middle eastern members and I personally tutor a man from Jordan who is 19. There are four ESL teachers and two secretaries. There is a man named Andrew who runs the place but he usually doesnt arrive until 12PM.
A picture I snapped before I went into volunteer a few weeks ago...
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...94_2821921.jpg

Wow. Glad you arent there today. Crazy shit man.

[Absolutely Virtue]

obviously the solution here is easier access to firearms.

[Mizango]

Wow. Glad you arent there today. Crazy shit man.

No doubt. Glad you are ok man. Keep us posted on anything you see or hear from your fellow workers there. I'd rather hear your version as opposed to listening to Nancy Grace and Lou Dobbs rant and rave about this being God's will or some shit.

[Quixon]

I'd rather hear your version as opposed to listening to Nancy Grace and Lou Dobbs rant and rave about this being God's will or some shit.

+1 to this shit.

Binghamton is about 2 hours NW of me.

[Olo401]

Really really sad. But with the ridiculous anti-immigrant sentiment in this country it was bound to happen at some point.

I won't be one bit surprised when I hear the quotes from Limbaugh on this one. I'm sure I'll be appalled though.

[Mizango]

Really really sad. But with the ridiculous anti-immigrant sentiment in this country it was bound to happen at some point.

I won't be one bit surprised when I hear the quotes from Limbaugh on this one. I'm sure I'll be appalled though.

You hit it right on the head.

[Kuya]

Really really sad. But with the ridiculous anti-immigrant sentiment in this country it was bound to happen at some point.

But he was Asian...

[Headspace]

If they had guns, they could've defended themselves.

[Sythe]

Nancy grace is the one TV "personality" that seriously makes me wanna just punch a hole thru her face. Just... gah she needs to get hit by a car. Twice for good measure.

[Elvis]

If they had guns, they could've defended themselves.

Guns don't kill people. People kill people. We should ban people.

[Raineer]

obviously the solution here is easier access to firearms.

jesus christ /sigh

#1 I'm sure if the guy was dedicated enough to shoot 40 people he couldn't have found a gun illegally

#2 One motherfucker with balls and a gun in that place and the death toll would have been a lot lower.

just sayin