New York: A gunman blocked the back door of an immigration center in Binghamton, New York, before bursting through the front door on a shooting rampage in which he killed 12 people and then, apparently, himself, police said.
Police have searched the home of the suspected shooter, whom they have identified.
The lone gunman who killed 12 people and then shot himself inside the New York civic association building has been identified as forty-two-year-old Jiverly Voong from upstate New York, media reports said.
ABC News cited the police as saying that Voong - also known as Linh Phat Voong - was from Johnson City, New York. He burst into the one-story American Civic Association building in downtown Binghamton centre wearing a bright green nylon jacket and dark-rimmed glasses.
ABC News cited multiple state law enforcement officials as saying the gunman entered the single-storey American Civic Association building in downtown Binghamton about 1000 hours (ET) Friday and began a shooting spree.
Voong's body was found on first floor with a hunting knife jammed into the waistband of his pants. Police officials said two weapons have been found including a 9 mm pistol which was recovered as SWAT team officers entered the building.
The gunman carried identification that said he was 42 years old and from upstate New York, CNN said citing a government official who has been briefed on the situation.
Officials said Voong backed his car up to the rear door of the building to block any escape before he went to the front of the building and started to execute people. At the time of the shooting the civic association was holding citizenship classes.
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