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Thread: 4 Chinese women among dead in US shooting
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[quote=MARRIE,363359]Thirteen people were killed and four others wounded in the shooting spree. Binghamton Mayor Matthew Ryan described the shooting as "a tragedy that affects many different people from many different countries and their families and friends." Police are still reaching around the globe to notify families of those killed by 41-year-old Jiverly Wong, who was apparently upset about losing his job at a vacuum plant and about people picking on him for his limited English. The process of notifying families has been slow because of the many different languages the victims spoke and their far-flung homelands. Raini Baudendistel, executive director of the Crime Victims Assistance Center of Binghamton, said yesterday that her agency's counselors were "trying to provide emotional support and guidance and make referrals as appropriate." She said victims' families were eligible for up to US$6,000 from the state crime victims board to help pay for funeral expenses. It remains unclear why Wong, strapped on a bulletproof vest, barged in on the citizenship class and started shooting. Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said: "He must have been a coward." Wong had apparently been preparing for a gun battle with police but turned the gun on himself when he heard sirens approaching, he said. Police and Wong's acquaintances portrayed him as an angry, troubled man who struggled with drugs and job loss and perhaps blamed his adopted country for his troubles. "He felt degraded because people were apparently making fun of his poor English speaking," Zikuski said. Until last month, he had been taking classes at the American Civic Association. Wong, who was born in Vietnam, moved to the US in the early 1990s. [/quote]
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