American Civic Association shootings - Binghamton, NY
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member ripraff
N 42° 05.983 W 075° 55.046
18T E 424138 N 4661254
The shootings at the Civic Association effected many in the community. There is a nearby memorial.
Waymark Code: WMPEQQ
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/19/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member cache_test_dummies
Views: 1

wikipedia (visit link)
"The Binghamton shootings took place on Friday, April 3, 2009, at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York, United States. At approximately 10:30 a.m. EDT, Jiverly Antares Wong (aka Jiverly Voong), a naturalized American citizen from Vietnam, entered the facility and shot numerous people inside. Wong had taken English language classes there from January to March 2009 before dropping out...It was one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history and the worst mass killing in the state of New York since the September 11 attacks...During this incident, Wong killed 13 people and critically wounded four. An account of each of the victims was published in The New York Times on April 6, 2009."
Date of crime: 04/03/2009

Public access allowed: yes

Fee required: no

Web site: Not listed

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