Saturday, April 4, 2009

13 Shot Dead During a Class on Citizenship

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/nyregion/04hostage.html?ref=todayspaper

During a citizen class just this past Friday, a gunman shot and killed 13 people, wounded 4 and then killed himself at a Citizen class in Binghamton, New York this past Friday.

The gunman, Jiverly Wong, 42, was a Vietnamese immigrant who lived in Johnson City, New York. Police are not sure why Wong committed this violent act but they do know it was pre-meditated. Wong attended the classes which were there to help and guide immigrants.

I really don't understant people who do things such as this... If they are so miserable they want to kill themselves then that is there business. Why kill other innocent people?? It doesn't make sense and it really makes me angry. Even if they are mad at the people at the center, why kill innocent people that may have been in there... I just wonder when or if violence will ever end.

It was really depressing to read about the stories of the families who lost loved ones... I hope that someday people will stop committing such violent acts of hatred, but maybe I'm the one whose crazy?

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