of shooting in binghamton ny, shooter identified as jiverly voong (photo)

Binghamton Rampage Leaves 14 Dead, Police Don't Know Motive: 14 people were shot dead in a three-minute shooting rampage inside a civic association building in Binghamton, New York. The gunman was identified as Jiverly Voong, 41, of Vietnamese origin. Voong, who is also known as Linh Phat Voong, entered the civic association armed with two pistols -- a 9 mm and a .45 caliber handgun.

Tech Banyan posted a photo of Jiverly Voong (Jiverly Wong).

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The gunman was identified by some police sources as Jiverly Voong. According to Binghamton Police Chief Joe Zikuski, the gunman entered the one-story American Civic Association in downtown Binghamton at 10:31 a.m. today and began his shooting spree. By 10:33 a.m., the shooting was over and 14 people -- including the gunman -- lay dead, the chief said.

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U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, a Democrat whose district includes Binghamton, initially told the Associated Press Voong was recently laid off from IBM in Johnson City -- but sources later told ABC News that it appeared that the Voong who worked at IBM was Henry Voong, "an older gentleman" who was believed to be the suspect's father, and that he had not been laid off.

Other links:
- 14 Dead in Rampage in Binghamton, N.Y.
- Shooting Timeline at NY Times
- JIVERLY VOONG: Binghamton Shooter INFO & UPDATED NEWS