 | North Carolina Nursing Home: 7 elderly patients and a nurse were killed on March 29, 2009, at the Pinelake Health and Rehab, in Carthage, N.C. Several other people were hurt. The alleged gunman, Robert Stewart, was apprehended. |
 | Northern Illinois University: 5 people were killed and 18 wounded at Northern Illinois University on February 14, 2008, in DeKalb, Ill. Steven Kazmierczak walked into a lecture hall and began shooting. He then shot himself before police arrived. |
 | Alabama Countryside: March 10, 2009, a gunman went on a 20-mile trail of carnage across 2 counties near the Florida border. Michael McLendon killed 10 people. He set his mother's house on fire, killed 5 relatives, and then killed another 5 before committing suicide. |
 | Virginia Tech: On April 16, 2007, Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people before committing suicide. This became the deadliest mass shooting of any kind by a single gunman in U.S. history.
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 | Columbine High School: On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 12 students and 1 teacher, and wounded 23 others before taking their own lives. |
What Set Off Binghamton Shooter?
Updated: Saturday, 04 Apr 2009, 8:32 PM EDT
Published : Saturday, 04 Apr 2009, 6:50 PM EDT
An immigrant community center meant to be a place of refuge turned into a deadly nightmare. We still don't know why Jiverly Wong strapped on a bulletproof vest, barged in on a citizenship class and killed 13 people and himself on Friday.
Binghamton, N.Y., police said Saturday that they are withholding the names of the victims until they have notified the families and can release all the names at one time.
Watch the report from Fox 5's John Huddy (video, left)
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Police and acquaintances said Wong was upset about losing his job at a vacuum plant and being picked on for his limited English.
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Police Chief Joseph Zikuski said Wong had apparently been preparing for a gun battle with police but decided to turn the gun on himself when he heard sirens approaching the American Civic Association building.
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