4 dead in NY Immigration Center shooting

[poochie 0]

hostage situation is over, two asian males (allegedly in their 20's), were taken away by the police..

no reports yet of how exactly they were able to sneak in a rifle and witnesses say different things..

[almaty 19]

wow..terrible..

[Minya's wife 25]

12 people shot and killed

CNN live...watching TV now.

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

hostage situation is over, two asian males (allegedly in their 20's), were taken away by the police..

no reports yet of how exactly they were able to sneak in a rifle and witnesses say different things..

now there's two of them?

[Minya's wife 25]

hostage situation is over, two asian males (allegedly in their 20's), were taken away by the police..

no reports yet of how exactly they were able to sneak in a rifle and witnesses say different things..

now there's two of them?

2 people were brought out in plastic handcuffs, but they don't know if they are the gunmen or not....

[rocks 494]

on cnn they're saying they def weren't taking a test, nearest place you could take a test is albany...

[justashooter 430]

WAG this situation involves domestic strife of one kind or another.

[justashooter 430]

6 Shot, Hostages Taken in New York State AP

posted: 20 MINUTES AGOcomments: 268filed under: Crime News, National NewsPrintShareText SizeAAABINGHAMTON, 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.

Mayor Matthew Ryan told the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin that there was a hostage situation involving a gunman with a high-powered rifle.

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Binghamton ShootingWBNG-TV / AP6 photos A gunman shot at least six people and took as many as 41 hostage after storming an immigration services center in Binghamton, N.Y., on Friday, authorities said. This photograph, taken from local television video, shows a victim being taken out of the building on a stretcher.(Note: Please disable your pop-up blocker)

Just before 2 p.m., the newspaper reported that two people had been taken from the building in handcuffs, but no details about their identity were available.

Two handguns were recovered at the scene, said a law enforcement official who was not authorized to speak about details of an ongoing hostage response and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

The FBI was sending hostage negotiators and an evidence response team to the scene, said a law enforcement official who was not authorized to speak about details of an ongoing hostage response and spoke on condition of anonymity.

The gunman barricaded the rear door of the American Civic Association with his car before entering through the front door, firing his weapon, the official said.

The newspaper reported 41 hostages in the building of the American Civic Association and said apartments were being evacuated.

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

Indications were that the shooter was a young male, and it wasn't immediately clear whether he was still in the building, the law enforcement official said.

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 at the emergency room.

A police dispatcher who spoke to The Associated Press wouldn't confirm a number of people shot or injured.

Around 1 p.m., 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 any more. It looks like it's clearing."

The area is in a stretch on the west side of the Chenango River in the city of about 45,000 near the Pennsylvania border. Emergency vehicles lined the streets in the neighborhood, a mix of homes and small businesses.

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 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.

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[Meriem_DZ 37]

They ones brought out in plastic restraints were Asians. They may not be the actual shooters, but since they are Asian they may have just put them in restraints until they correctly identify them as not being the shooter. They may be in fact victims.

Meriem

[justashooter 430]

WAG this situation involves domestic strife of one kind or another.

from the AOL article it looks like the guys went there looking for someone. i would imagine that they were after a woman who had ditched one of them and was getting assistance from the facility. just conjecture, but a reasonable supposition.

[Minya's wife 25]

on cnn they're saying they def weren't taking a test, nearest place you could take a test is albany...

yes...apparently this civic center gives classes in preparation of the citizenship test.

[Minya's wife 25]

WAG this situation involves domestic strife of one kind or another.

from the AOL article it looks like the guys went there looking for someone. i would imagine that they were after a woman who had ditched one of them and was getting assistance from the facility. just conjecture, but a reasonable supposition.

given that so little fact is known yet....suppositions of this type about this tragedy are not necessary.

[justashooter 430]

WAG this situation involves domestic strife of one kind or another.

from the AOL article it looks like the guys went there looking for someone. i would imagine that they were after a woman who had ditched one of them and was getting assistance from the facility. just conjecture, but a reasonable supposition.

given that so little fact is known yet....suppositions of this type about this tragedy are not necessary.

we shall see.

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

Mayor Matthew Ryan told the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin that there was a hostage situation involving a gunman with a high-powered rifle.

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Two handguns were recovered at the scene, said a law enforcement official who was not authorized to speak about details of an ongoing hostage response and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

[justashooter 430]

Mayor Matthew Ryan told the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin that there was a hostage situation involving a gunman with a high-powered rifle.

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Two handguns were recovered at the scene, said a law enforcement official who was not authorized to speak about details of an ongoing hostage response and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

i was gonna let that one slide till they failed to produce.

but then, some cops do keep a "drop assault rifle" with the numbers ground off in the trunk these days.