On April 3, 2009, a man walked into the American Civic Association Immigration Center in Binghamton, New York,

and began shooting everyone in an English as a second language class.

Fifteen of the 17 people shot were immigrants to the U.S., so many would assume the assailant was some sort of national extremist who wanted to rid the country of immigrants. But that wasn't the U.S., so many would assume the assailant was some sort of national extremist who wanted

to rid the country of immigrants, but that wasn't the case. After arriving on the scene and sorting

out everyone's identities, it would turn out that the shooter was an immigrant himself. This is Monsters.

Music This is Monsters. Giverley-Wong was born Lin-Fat-Vuang on December 8th, 1967 in South Vietnam. His family,

which included him, his parents and three siblings, was of Chinese descent.

Around the time of Giverley's birth, his father, Henry, would have been an officer in the South Vietnamese army and was fighting the war, working with the United States Air Force.

Once the war was over, Henry had a fondness for the U.S., and in 1990, when Giverley was

22 years old, the family immigrated to the States. They settled in the city of Binghamton

and upstate New York, and Henry became a well-known figure in the Vietnamese community.

He volunteered at the church and worked as a translator for people

immigrating to the U.S. Unfortunately, Giverley didn't find what he needed in the city and he set

off for greener grass on the other side of the country. He had been in Southern California for

less than a year when he was arrested for the first time,

but the details of that arrest aren't well known.

The following year, he was arrested and charged with passing bad checks.

Giverley never seemed to create a stable life for himself.

He went back and forth between the Los Angeles area and Binghamton over the years. During that time,

he had a number of run-ins with the law, not always because he was breaking it. He was involved in a

minor car accident in California. He reported that someone had tried to break into his apartment

in New York. Police checked the place out but found no signs of a break-in.

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