Binghamton shootings

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136 Front St, Binghamton, NY 13905, USA

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The Binghamton shootings took place on April 3, 2009, at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York. At approximately 10:30 a.m. EDT, Jiverly Antares Wong (also known as Jiverly Voong), a 41-year-old 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.
Wong shot a teacher and students from his former classroom. The shooter killed 13 people and wounded four others before committing suicide. As of February 2018, it is ranked as the thirteenth-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history as well as the worst mass killing in the state of New York since the September 11 attacks.

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