Gunman Takes 41 People Hostage in New York; Kills 13 Before Killing Himself

A gunman took 41 people hostage at an immigration services center today, killing 13 before committing suicide. Several more were wounded after the man stormed the American Civic Association center in Binghamton.Here are the sites that seem to have had the most details right now as the news began to...
By Ray SternApril 3, 2009
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A gunman took 41 people hostage at an immigration services center today, killing 13 before committing suicide. Several more were wounded after the man stormed the American Civic Association center in Binghamton.

Here are the sites that seem to have had the most details right now as the news began to break this morning:

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New York Daily News

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Ray Stern is the former news editor of Phoenix New Times. He worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He’s won numerous awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club’s Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.

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