<p>[Official:</a> Hostages held after ‘multiple’ shootings - CNN.com](<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/03/binghampton.shooting/index.html]Official:”>CNN.com)</p>
<p>This isn’t happening on the SUNY Binghamton campus but is it just across the street from some student housing (according to the news). So far, the news says 4 dead, 12 shot but they can’t confirm. They are treating one SUNY student in the hospital. Maybe as many as 41 people currently being held hostage.</p>
<p>Prayers…</p>
<p>Watching on news right now.</p>
<p>update: approx. 20 hostages people have been released. Suspect is an Asian male in his 20’s with an automatic rifle.</p>
<p>If this building is near the Binghamton High School like the new story says, then it is very far away from the Main Campus. Nevertheless, I hope all involved will be okay…</p>
<p>Correct, the news is reporting that it is not near the campus but it is near some of the off campus housing and near the Binghamton High School. The news also reports that the hospital is treating one SUNY student. </p>
<p>Prayers to all involved in this situation.</p>
<p>The Binghamton campus is 3-4 miles southwest of the Front Street location, about a 5-10 minute drive from the residential area near the American Civic Association. As the OP noted, a fair number of SUNY students have off-campus apartments in the area (about 44% of Binghamton Undergrads live off-campus).</p>
<p>Sounds like things are winding down. Here’s hoping the earlier reports of 12+ fatalities proves to be wildly overinflated.</p>
<p>Praying that this episode can be stopped without any further loss of life.</p>
<p>I heard that SUNY Bing cancelled classes for today anyway (in advance) and that students left yesterday for spring break. Good timing!</p>
<p>“Reports say at least 13 dead after an Asian male allegedly storms into a Binghamton, N.Y., immigration services building with a high-powered rifle and opens fire.”</p>
<p>News reports are now reporting that the gunman has killed himself.</p>
<p>Sorry, I want to correct my post, above. Binghamton didn’t cancel all classes for today. The student I know at Binghamton had all of HER classes canceled for today and came home a day early. Sorry for the bad info!</p>
<p>ABC just broke in. At least 13 dead.</p>
<p>This happened not far from my Binghamton office - they brought a SUNY Bing professor in to help translate negotiations with the gunman, who was Asian, but now we have heard that the gunman took his own life…</p>
<p>41 year old shooter–Jiverly Voong Motive–unknown at this time</p>
<p>It was a horrible experience seeing the name of my home town splashed across the headlines like that today. </p>
<p>It was worse learning that a friend of a friend was one of the victims. She was a wonderful woman, from all accounts, mother of ten (grown) children, the “ladyfriend” of the widowed father of one of my oldest and dearest friends. My friend was delighted that her father had found happiness at this stage in his life.</p>
<p>Symapthy and prayers to everyone touched by this horrible tragedy.</p>
<p>I keep advising these serial killers. If you are going to kill a bunch of people and then yourself, why don’t you just start by killing yourself? This business of blocking the rear door first is particularly heinous.</p>