NY gunman kills 13, commits suicide

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(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-04-04 08:12

NEW YORK -- Fourteen people, including a suspected gunman, were killed and at least four others wounded in a shooting rampage that broke out in Binghamton of the US state of New York on Friday morning, local authorities said in the afternoon.

The gunman entered the building of the American Civic Association (ACA), a non-governmental agency that provides services for immigrants and refugees, and started shooting at the people inside, Binghamton Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said at a press conference held nearly seven hours after the attack.

Police investigate at the shooting scene outside the American Civic Center in Binghampton, New York, April 3, 2009. A gunman killed at least 14 people at American Civic Center, an immigration services center in Binghamton, after walking in and randomly opening fire on people in the center on Friday. [Xinhua]

Fourteen people were "confirmed dead" in the shooting, and the police believed that the suspected gunman was among them, Zikuski said, adding that 37 people survived the massacre, including four wounded who are "in critical condition."

Although some media reports said that the gunman was a 42-year-old man from New York state, possibly a Vietnamese who killed himself after committing the shooting, Zikuski refused to identify the suspect at the press conference, saying that the police were not 100 percent sure about it.

Journalists wait near the shooting scene of the American Civic Center in Binghampton, New York, April 3, 2009. [Xinhua]

The police now believe that the suspect should be the one who rented a car and used it to block the back exit of the building, but a lot of work still needs to be done before a final identification, explained the police chief.

Initial investigation showed that the suspect had used handgun in the shooting, as two handguns were recovered at the scene.

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