NYTimes: 13 Shot Dead During a Class on Citizenship

Hostages left a building near the American Civic Association in Binghamton.
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13 Shot Dead During a Class on Citizenship By ROBERT D. McFADDEN, NYTimes
A gunman invaded an immigration services center in Binghamton, N.Y., on Friday, killing 13 people and himself in a paroxysm of violence, the police said.

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• Related: In a Town With Few Immigrants, an Unlikely Horror (April 4, 2009)

Teacher Jennifer: My heart broke when I heard this story.

Please pray for the gunman, his victims, the ACA staff, students, and their families, and the people of Binghamton.

Discuss this tragic story. Talk about anti-immigrant discrimination and violence. Review school and personal safety procedures.