| Binghamton shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Binghamton, New York, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 42°5′59″N 75°55′3″W / 42.09972°N 75.91750°W |
| Date | April 3, 2009 10:30 – 10:33 a.m. (EDT) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, murder-suicide |
| Weapons | |
| Deaths | 14 (including the perpetrator)[1] |
| Injured | 4[2] |
| Perpetrator | Jiverly Antares Wong (born Linh Phat Vuong) |
| Motive | Possible anti-Americanism and paranoid delusions regarding police intrusion and harassment |
On April 3, 2009, a mass shooting occurred at the American Civic Association immigration center in Binghamton, New York. At approximately 10:30 a.m. EDT, Jiverly Antares Wong (also known as Jiverly Voong), a 41-year-old naturalized American citizen who was ethnically Chinese from Vietnam, entered the facility and killed thirteen people and wounded four others before committing suicide.
It is the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in the state of New York.