13 Dead in Upstate N.Y. Shooting

[Belle]

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (April 3) - A gunman blocked the back door of an immigration services center with his car before walking through the front door firing, wounding at least six people and taking as many as 41 hostage, officials said...

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[Florissant]

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (April 3) - A gunman blocked the back door of an immigration services center with his car before walking through the front door firing, wounding at least six people and taking as many as 41 hostage, officials said...

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13 dead now, per KMOX

[Belle]

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[Belle]

A gunman opened fire at an immigration center in upstate New York Friday, shooting several people and taking dozens more hostage.

There were reportedly "multiple casualties" in the rampage at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, N.Y., but police declined to say whether that's the case.

The Associated Press reported that at least 6 people were shot and 41 were taken hostage, citing police and media sources.

Binghamton Police told FOXNews.com that they couldn't confirm whether any of the shooting victims died and wouldn't give the number shot because it was still "an active scene."

A local hospital said they were treating at least five shooting victims.

A law enforcement official says the gunman entered the building firing after blocking the back door.

The official says the gunman used his car to barricade the rear door of the building and then entered through the front. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the situation continued.

The five with gunshot wounds were at the Wilson Medical Center, one in critical condition, hospital community relations vice president Christina Boyd told FOX News.

SWAT team officers have surrounded the building but "they do not have it secured," a Binghamton police spokesman told FOXNews.com.

Hospital staff were in the process of notifying the families, according to Boyd. None of the victims were identified, and there were extra doctors and nurses there to handle the emergency, she said.

Binghamton Mayor Matthew Ryan told the Press & Sun Bulletin newspaper that the gunman had a high-powered rifle. The shooter was described by local media as an Asian male in a green jacket.



Apartments and schools in the area have been evacuated or are on lockdown.

The mayhem began about 10:30 a.m. EDT Friday.

There were classes scheduled Friday at the immigration services center, located in the same town as Binghamton University, part of the State University of New York (SUNY).

Emergency dispatchers were in contact with some people inside by phone, WBNG-TV reported. The gunman might still be in the building, the station reported.

Four people were removed from the building on stretchers and taken to hospitals, and 10 more ambulances were called, the newspaper reported. The Binghamton police commando team responded.

Linda Miller, a spokeswoman at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, confirmed that a student from Binghamton University was being treated at the emergency room. Miller said she didn't know the nature of the injuries.

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

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

People escaped to the basement of the building and more than a dozen people hid in a closet, WBNG reported.

The American Civic Association describes itself as helping immigrants and refugees with counseling, resettlement, citizenship, family reunification and translators.

It also intervenes with emergencies, including fighting, hunger and homelessness, according to information from the association's Web site.

[Uncle Tupelo]

Wait, it's just immigrants, what's the big deal, it's not like there are real people in danger.


Sadly, I'm guessing this was the reason for the shooting. I could be way off though. Just a hunch.

[rfriday]

13 jobs that will stay American dammit!
I can't begin to describe how disgusting that 'joke' is.

[Belle]

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[Chappy Sinclair]

13 jobs that will stay American dammit!

Fuck stick

[Uncle Tupelo]

disgusting, but still pretty darn FUNNY!


Tough and cool.

[Chappy Sinclair]

Wait, it's just immigrants, what's the big deal, it's not like there are real people in danger.

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[Belle]

What movie was that, had Ed Norton in it I think.

American History X. Great movie.

[StlHoosier]

What movie was that, had Ed Norton in it I think.

American history X.

[rfriday]

CNN reporting the number now as "as many as 12" He must have more guns or something.
You can only hope.

[East Side Jackalope]

Tommy hasn't posted in a while. Jussayin........

[DailyBalance]

I like when the networks do the dumb routine: 'We don't know if the gunman is in custody, or if the hostages are free now, or if the standoff is over. We really don't know much right now. Back to you Bob'.

[DailyBalance]

I don't want anyone to die, I just really don't care that a dozen immigrants got shot. The gunman probably said "Don't move or I'll shoot", they, being foreigners, who couldn't take the time to learn our language before moving here, didn't understand him, so they got shot. Perhaps they were expecting the dial-in-domestic terrorism system where you can press 1 for english, 2 for spanish and 3 for armenian...doesn't matter.
There's a certain irony that comes from people who were looking to have a better life, a safer life than they had in whatever centuries old racial feuding country they're coming from; being shot upon entering the country.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that more than a few of those that died were legal citizens, who just happened to work at that association.

[Chappy Sinclair]

I don't want anyone to die, I just really don't care that a dozen immigrants got shot. The gunman probably said "Don't move or I'll shoot", they, being foreigners, who couldn't take the time to learn our language before moving here, didn't understand him, so they got shot. Perhaps they were expecting the dial-in-domestic terrorism system where you can press 1 for english, 2 for spanish and 3 for armenian...doesn't matter.
There's a certain irony that comes from people who were looking to have a better life, a safer life than they had in whatever centuries old racial feuding country they're coming from; being shot upon entering the country.

Your Native American I take it? It's just a shame your great great great grandfather wasn't shot when he got off the boat from whatever country he was from. Because I'm sure he didn't come here for a

"a safer life than they had in whatever centuries old racial feuding country they're coming from"

[Uncle Tupelo]

I don't want anyone to die, I just really don't care that a dozen immigrants got shot. The gunman probably said "Don't move or I'll shoot", they, being foreigners, who couldn't take the time to learn our language before moving here, didn't understand him, so they got shot. Perhaps they were expecting the dial-in-domestic terrorism system where you can press 1 for english, 2 for spanish and 3 for armenian...doesn't matter.
There's a certain irony that comes from people who were looking to have a better life, a safer life than they had in whatever centuries old racial feuding country they're coming from; being shot upon entering the country.


Wow. You've just entered Luca Toni territory. What a dick.

[Belle]

Wow. You've just entered Luca Toni territory. What a dick.

agreed

[Spoon]

They deserved it.


-DP

[Uncle Tupelo]

I guess Obama wasn't far off when he talked about bitter Pennsylvanians clinging to their guns or religion. Binghampton is right on the PA/NY border.

[Uncle Tupelo]

No, I'm not native american. My ancestors helped take this great land, that the natives clearly were wasting, and made it into the awesome country that it is today. Sorry you're getting so torn up over these complete strangers being killed.

You are tough and cool. I bet 108 stitches comes from some radical motorcycle accident you had one time or something tough and cool like that.

[Belle]

Sorry you're getting so torn up over these complete strangers being killed.

yeah and 911 was no big deal either. eff those strangers.

[Belle]

Wow, that's fucked up.

i see what you're doing

[rfriday]

i see what you're doing
Being an ass?

[Woodstock]

Wonder how they did on the 2nd ammendment portion of the exam.