Yes Binghamton NY is near my area!

Motzart

Yeah it's plastered all over CNN and the like about the shooting.
Never happens here so it is a freak thing.
Binghamton is only 10miles from me.
I work at a Vocational School in Binghamton.

My Wife works with Handicap people just outside of Binghamton.

Getting to where no place is safe anymore!

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-binghamton-shooting-hostage4-2009apr04,0,4181574.story

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/03/binghamton.shooting/index.html

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=4173463&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512441,00.html

rayslifecycle

I'm sorry you had to live close to that.

This is new to our culture.........it used to be only postal workers........:D
but seriously.......
I think there are certain aspects of our society we had better take a good hard look at.
Especially the role of SSRIs and Antidepressants. How can these links be ignored. Columbine, Virginia Tech, Germany - all of them used or recently stopped using (withdrawal?) these drugs.

check out the crazy number of articles written on the topic:

http://www.google.com/search?q=ssri+school+shooting&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=bq&q=antidepressants+increase+shootings&btnG=Search

http://www.google.com/search?q=antidepressants+increase+suicide&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

It hasn't come out yet - but in a couple of days do a search for a small news article exposing that the shooter is on them or recently was. If not, my bad, but it would be the first........

Airplay355

Maybe the link is the disease they were diagnosed with that caused them to be prescribed drugs instead of the drugs themselves...

nadams

Sorry to hear that... We've got a warehouse up in Binghamton, but I've never been there. Hear it's a nice area, though...

engtaz

Just be safe.

apphd

Motzart, where are you located? I'm just over the line in PA. My wife used to go there (American Civic Association) for ESL classes, I got to know some of the teachers that work there along with some of the students. A lot of good folks there my prayers are with all of the people effected.

tom t

i just wish these losers would just shooting themselves first. would save us all alot of trouble