A fuller picture of the mass murderer in Binghamton started to emerge this morning. Late reports picture him as a gun nut who, after 28 years in the U.S., came to hate this country, was laid off last November -- and threatened to "kill the president."
Though which president is unclear.
Jiverly Voong or Wong or whatever his name was, age 41, lost his job at the Binghamton Shop Vac vacuum cleaner company in November. The New York Daily News (see link below) has a photo of him working there. Workers joked about him "going postal" some day.
The maniac who shot 13 people dead in a Binghamton immigration center before killing himself was described Friday as an angry loner who loved guns, hated America and talked about assassinating the President.
Kevin Greene, who once worked with 41-year-old mass murderer Jiverly Voong, said a question about a New York Yankees T-shirt he was wearing brought out his dark side.
Greene said, "I asked him if he liked the Yanks," and "he said, 'No, I don't like that team. I don't like America. America sucks.'"
Donald Ackley, another former Shop Vac employee, said Voong "kept to himself but made some of off-the-wall comments like he wanted to kill the President."
It was unclear if Voong was threatening the life of former President Bush or President Obama.
Greene said Voong's conversations often focused on weapons. "He went to target practice on Saturday. He said he had two guns, one in his glove compartment. He was always talking about his guns."
But around his home in nearby Johnson City, Voong was known as an attentive son and quiet neighbor.
Neighbors said he was often seen helping his dad, Henry, tend the succulent apples and berries he grew behind his modest frame house.
Full article here: http://www.nydailynews.com/...
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Greg Mitchell is editor of Editor & Publisher and his new book is "Why Obama Won." He tweets at: http://twitter.com/...
