[nyfoil-l] Alert! 4/3 Binghamton, NY: Gunman Kills 13, Wounds 26 at Immigrant Service Ctr

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Gunman Kills 13, Wounds 26 at Binghamton Aid  Group for Immigrants
Police Surround Building in Western New York  State

By RICHARD ESPOSITO, RUSSELL GOLDMAN, and NED POTTER
April 3,  2009 

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=7249853&page=1

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. 

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 opened fire. 

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.  

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'Multiple  casualties' in US siege
3 April  2009
BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7982444.stm

Up  to 40 people have been taken hostage and several others shot in the US 
state of  New York, say reports. 

Unconfirmed local media reports said up to 13  people may have been killed 
during the incident. 

The hostages were in  the buildings of the American Civic Association (ACA) 
in the Binghamton, north  of New York City, when the gunman entered. 

Mayor Matthew Ryan told  reporters the man had a high-powered rifle and was 
still believed to be in the  building. 

Television footage showed four people being carried from the  scene on 
stretchers. Their condition was not known. 

The Binghamton Press  & Sun Bulletin said homes nearby were being evacuated 
and a police commando  unit was at the scene. 

It said apartments and a nearby school and care  home were under lockdown and 
some streets had been sealed off.  

Eyewitness reported seeing a man of Asian appearance in his 20s entering  the 
building. 

He was described by local media as being 1.6m to 1.8m (5ft  8in to 6ft) and 
wearing a bright green nylon jacket and dark-rimmed glasses.  

A spokeswoman at a local hospital said at least one person was being  treated 
for unspecified injuries. 

"We're on full alert anticipating  we're going to get additional casualties," 
said Linda Miller at Our Lady of  Lourdes Hospital. 

The ACA says on its website that it assists immigrants  and refugees with 
personal and immigration counselling. 

Bob Joseph of  Binghamton's WNBF Radio told the BBC the town had never 
experienced an incident  on such a scale before.  


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