New York immigrant center shooting leaves 14 dead
BINGHAMTON: A man armed with two handguns walked into an immigration services center and killed 13 people before apparently turning the gun on
himself, police in Binghamton, New York, said on Friday.
Police Chief Joseph Zikuski told a news conference the gunman blocked the back entrance of the building with his car, walked in the front door and shot two receptionists before walking into a classroom where 13 bodies were found.
He said that four other people were critically wounded in the latest U.S. shooting incident with many casualties.
One of the receptionists survived, dropping to the floor and playing dead before crawling under a desk until the man left the room when she called the police, Zikuski said. She was in critical condition in a hospital, undergoing surgery.
“We have no idea what the motive is,” Zikuski said, adding that the man was thought to have been attending classes at the center and was “no stranger” to staff there.
The gunman was described by media as an Asian male aged either 41 or 42, wearing a green jacket.