Gunman Identified As Jiverly Voong, 42, Of Johnson City

[alienlovechild 75]

Yeah, another thread on this massarce but with some details on the shooter.

Binghamton Rampage: Gunman, 13 Others Dead

A gunman opened fire on immigrants taking a test to become Americans, and then killed himself.

It was a massacre designed for maximum bloodshed. Many of the victims were trapped inside the American Civic Center, which provides citizenship help to immigrants and refugees.

The gunman has been tentatively identified as 42-year-old immigrant Jiverly Voong. Police said before he started shooting, the gunman first barricaded the back of the building with his car. He then walked to the front door, and opened fire. He first shot two receptionists at the front desk. One was killed. The other managed to call for help despite a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

"She pretended she was dead after he shot her. She went down on the ground. He went to a room off the reception area and shot several people. As he went down the hallway in the building, she crawled underneath the desk and sometime after that she called us," Binghamton Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said.

That receptionist stayed on the phone with police for 90 minutes, while the rampage continued.

Those who could ran for their lives. Twenty-six people hid in the building's boiler room.

At least 37 people got out safely. Police found two handguns at the scene, but still don't have a motive for the crime.

Who was Jiverly Voong?

As detectives removed a rifle case, computer hard drives, and other evidence from the home, a call was made to the house and a woman who answered and identified herself as Voong's sister said, "He didn't have a gun. I think he got shot by somebody else."

Police said Voong had two registered guns, but could not confirm if they were the two recovered at the scene: a 9 millimeter with an extended clip of ammo, and a .45 caliber.

Investigators said the menacing man in the bright green jacket, black rimmed glasses and a satchel of weaponry was Voong. He was an immigrant from Vietnam targeting other immigrants he likely knew personally because he took classes at the center.

Hinchey said his office was told by four sources the gunman was recently laid off by IBM, but an IBM representative told wcbstv.com on Friday night there was no record of a Jiverly Voong ever working at the company. Investigators said Jiverly Voong also went by the name Lin Voong. They believe he borrowed the car used to block the back entrance, and it did not appear that Voong had a criminal record.

Added New York Gov. David Paterson: "When are we going to be able to curb the kind of violence that is so fraught and so rapid that we can't even keep track of the incidents?"

http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/bingh...g.2.975228.html

Edited April 4, 2009 by alienlovechild

[Yoink 7]

but why???

[Danno 1,228]

Don't we have enough home-grown wacko's, why are we importing more?

Seems half of these tragic stories involves.. you guessed it, a fresh immigrant.

Thats it!

I'm sending my wife home tomorrow.

[panamania79 2]

but why???

Maybe he went 'postal' because he got laid off,I'm not sure.