Shootout/Hostages in NY: 12 dead: Possible Asian shooter

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Re: Shootout/Hostages in NY: 12 dead: Possible Asian shooter

Here’s the lastest on this very tragic incident.

The killer, believed to be a Vietnamese immigrant, then entered a room just off the reception area and fired on a citizenship class.
“The people were trying to better themselves, trying to become citizens,” the police chief said.
One receptionist was killed, while the other, shot in the abdomen, pretended to be dead and then crawled under a desk and called 911, he said.
Police said they arrived within two minutes.
The rest of those killed were shot in the classroom. Four people were critically wounded.
The man believed to have carried out the attack was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in an office, a satchel containing ammunition slung around his neck, authorities said. Police found two handguns — a 9 mm and a .45-caliber — and a hunting knife.
Thirty-seven people in all made it out of the building, including 26 who hid in the boiler room in the basement, cowering there for three hours while police methodically searched the building and tried to determine whether the gunman was still alive and whether he was holding any hostages, Zikuski said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hostage_shooting

May the souls of the deceased rest in peace.