NY gunman's rambling, paranoid letter blames cops

[Turborama]

Source: AP

By WILLIAM KATES

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Suspected gunman Jiverly Wong felt tormented by police. They snuck into his room and touched him while he was sleeping, he thought. They stole $20 from his wallet. Because of them, he lost his job. Because of them, he was poor and his life was a mess.

In a rambling, disjointed letter sent to a TV news station, the man who would walk into an immigrant center and gun down 13 people before killing himself blamed his troubles on the police and vowed to take at least two people "to return to the dust of earth."

In the letter, received Monday by News 10 Now in Syracuse, the writer also complains of shoddy treatment by the state unemployment system after he lost his job assembling vacuum cleaners.

Authorities did not immediately say Monday if they had verified the letter's authenticity, but city officials were reviewing it as evidence in the investigation. They planned a news briefing Tuesday morning.
The letter was mailed from Binghamton and postmarked Friday, the day Wong went into the American Civic Association community center and started shooting. Two employees and 11 immigrants taking an English class died in the assault.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_re_us/binghamton_shootings

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[Soylent Brice]

1. unfortunately, i can imagine more stories like this to come. n/t

[Marrah_G]

2. We really have to do something to care for the mentally ill in our country.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Who said he was mentally ill? Oh, right. Gun owners are law abiding citizens with

the "right to bear arms" ("Its for duck hunting") till they shoot someone, or LOTS of someones. THEN they're mentally ill. I get it.

"primavera" said it better:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3817540&mesg_id=3817727

[Marrah_G]

4. The note was a big clue- Hallucinations are often a signal that someone's wiring is off

[FailureToCommunicate]

5. Okay. Too bad the "clues" didn't keep him from obtaining 4 or 5 permitted guns and

ammo. Oh, yeah and a bullet proof vest. Angry man maybe, but mentally ill my foot.
And even if he was, handguns and assault rifles should not be easily obtainable.

[Marrah_G]

6. Of course hand guns and assault rifles should not be easy to get

I still think he was mentally ill in a big and obvious way and that our country does very little to get people the help they need.

[inwiththenew]

7. The guy was nuttier than a squirrel turd

Have you read all of what he said? Here is a couple lines from that letter

"Let talk about when I live in California. Such as...cop used 24 hours the technique of ultramodern and camera for burn the chemical in my house. For switch the channel time...For adjust the fan. For made me unbreathable. For made me vomit. For connect the music into my ear."

"Let talk about when I live at the 28 Baker St. 2nd Floor, Johnson City, New York 13790. It terrible when I live there such as...cop wait until midnight when I off the light and went to the bed. Cop unlock my door and came in take a sit in my room ((cop did it thirteen time on the year 1994 )) on the thirteen time had three time touch me when I sleeping. One time stolen 20 dollar in my wallet. One time used electric gun shoot at the behind my neck. (That time I did not know English)"

The guy sounds like a raving lunatic. Ultramodern camera to/for burn the chemicals in his house? Then someone came into his house 13 times while he was sleeping in 1994.

[MadMaddie]

11. Well it is obvious he is nuts but English being his second

language doesn't help the note writing either.

[Tim01]

10. Because "angry" people often are mass murderers.

Loose your job, kill everybody. Sure.

[anonymous171]

8. Uhh, does that note sound like something a sane person would write? nt

[Lilith Velkor]

9. Obviously the man was sane, he had a gun

The more guns you have, the saner you are.

(Man o man, these Gungeon fucks make I/P look sane.)