<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>And how is this going to play in Iowa?</div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/04/us/AP-Binghamton-Shootings.html">http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/04/04/us/AP-Binghamton-Shootings.html</a><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px; "><div class="timestamp" style="margin-top: 15px; font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">April 4, 2009</span></font></div><div class="kicker" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 15px; "></div><h1 style="font-weight: bold; margin-top: 3px; "><nyt_headline version="1.0" type=" "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">NY Gunman Angry Over Poor English Skills, Job Loss</span></font></nyt_headline></h1><nyt_byline version="1.0" type=" "><div class="byline" style="font-weight: bold; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</span></font></div></nyt_byline><nyt_text><div id="articleBody"><p style="color: black; line-height: 24px; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Filed at 9:04 a.m. ET</span></font></b></p><p style="color: black; line-height: 24px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) -- The man who police say killed 13 people in a shooting rampage inside an immigrant community center was depressed and angry over losing his job and about his poor English skills, the Binghamton mayor and police said Saturday.</span></font></p><p style="color: black; line-height: 24px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Police Chief Joseph Zikuski told </span></font><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/nbc_universal/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about NBC Universal." style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">NBC's</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> ''Today'' that people ''degraded and disrespected'' the gunman over his poor English. Mayor Matthew Ryan, speaking on ABC's ''Good Morning America,'' said the man, believed to be 42-year-old Vietnamese immigrant Jiverly Voong, was angry about his language issues and his lack of employment.</span></font></p><p style="color: black; line-height: 24px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">. . .</span></font></p><p style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; "></span></p><p style="color: black; line-height: 24px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Initial reports suggested Voong had recently been let go from IBM. But a person at IBM said there was no record of a Jiverly Voong ever working there.</span></font></p><p style="color: black; line-height: 24px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">''He had lost a job recently and was somewhat angry,'' Ryan told ABC. ''He had language issues, didn't speak English that well, and was really concerned about his employment situation.''</span></font></p><p style="color: black; line-height: 24px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">...</span></font></p><p style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></p><p></p><p style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; "></span></p><p style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: 24px; "><br></p><p></p></div></nyt_text></span><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; 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