Funerals were scheduled today for two victims of the shooting at a Binghamton, NY immigration center. Maria Zobniw and Hong Xiu Mao were two of the thirteen people killed by shooter Jiverly Wong Friday morning before Wong turned the gun on himself
A receptionist at the center, Shirley DeLucia was the first to be shot, feigned her death, called 911 and remained on the line for over forty minutes. DeLucia is not so keen on the idea of being referred to as a hero.
"The only thing that we know right now from her is when thegunman came in, she got up to ask him if she could help him and hejust didn't say anything I guess," said Lyle Fassett.
"He got his gun and shot her. She remembers falling backwards and down andthat's pretty much it. We haven't gotten too much more out of her."
In an interview on NBC's "Today" show Monday morning, Wong's sister said her brother suffered from depression after losing his job and having poor English skills. Originally, she thought there had been a mistake in that her brother was a victim, and not the shooter. On behalf of her family, she apologized to the victims and their families.
Wong had become an avid shooter and had been visiting a shooting range weekly, but police chief Joseph Zikuski says the targets of the shooting at the immigration center may have been random.
DeLucia is expected to make a full recovery, but her doctor, Christian Tvetenstrand says the shot could have been fatal.
"It was millimeters away from the main blood vessels in her abdomen," he said. "If it had struck those, she would have died."
DeLucia is expected to stay in the hospital in five or six days.
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