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Re: 40 People Taken Hostage In New York
About 40 people have been taken hostage and several others shot in the US state of New York, say reports.
Unconfirmed local media reports said a number of people have been killed during the incident.
The hostages were in the buildings of the American Civic Association (ACA) in Binghamton, north of New York City, when the gunman entered.
Police are reported to have entered the building and taken away two people. Some hostages have now been released.
"About 15 or so employees of the Civic Association came out crying with their hands behind their heads and they were escorted by the police," one witness told the Binghamton's WNBF Radio.
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.
Mayor Matthew Ryan told reporters the gunman was carrying a high-powered rifle.
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 WNBF Radio told the BBC the town had never experienced an incident on such a scale before. 
Re: 40 People Taken Hostage In New York
BINGHAMTON, NY (AP) -- ABC News reports the gunman in a standoff at an immigration services center has been shot and killed.
ABC says 13, the number possibly including the gunman, were killed at the American Civic Association and 26 wounded in the rampage which began Friday morning when a man blocked the back door of the building with his car before walking through the front door firing.
As many as 41 were taken hostage during the ordeal. Nearby apartments and a high school were evacuated.
The gunman had a high-powered rifle, Mayor Matthew Ryan told a local newspaper. A law enforcement official told The Associated Press two handguns had been recovered at the scene.
When the shooting started, people escaped to the basement in search of safety. More than a dozen people were hiding in a closet for more than an hour.
The American Civic Association's Web site said it helps immigrants and refugees with counseling, resettlement, citizenship, family reunification, interpreters, and translators.
Source: http://www.news10.net/news/local/story. … 81&catid=2
Re: 40 People Taken Hostage In New York
Sincerest sympathies and best wishes to the friends and families of the affected.
Re: 40 People Taken Hostage In New York
What's up with all these massacres lately?
The economic climate. There's literally no jobs out there.
There's no jobs for americans, so where are all these immigrants gonna work? The past year or two we've issued 2 million work visas to foreigners yet we have lost around the same amount of jobs.
Smart move....
Re: 40 People Taken Hostage In New York
I agree too many immigrants (legal and illegal) can come in (not just Mexicans, wierd shit like Russians etc) get work Visa's left & right. Then when time runs out, they just stay here & work under the table in industires like waitresses & barmaids etc.
However, I don't think that was this motive. I thought they mentioned it was an asian man who did the shooting. So I'm not sure he was angry about immigrants coming over. He may have been, but he also may have known the people there or someone attending (ex-girlfriend etc)
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