With the Fort Hood Massacre still present in many people's minds, it almost seems like these deadly outbursts by individuals are spreading to the most remote regions of the country. In the article, Police Identify Gunman in Deadly Saipan Rampage in the NY Times, a Chinese national recently killed and injured men, women, and children on the small island of Saipan. The man has been identified as Li Zhongren, an immigrant that lived and worked in a shooting range. In the massacre, two adults and two children were killed, one girl was critically injured, and within the group of Korean tourists that he also fired at, eight were wounded. Zhongren then turned the gun on himself. He was found at a WWII memorial site, by the cliff line where Japanese soldiers committed suicide to evade capture by American soldiers. Police are still investigating, but they believe Zhongeren's outburst was due to personal and financial
difficulties.
The article was very straightforward. For a follow-up article, the lead was strong and concise. This article is a good example of the international cooperation required to attain a story like this. There were contributing reporters from Honolulu, Korea, and Saipan. All their information combined was necessary to get this story. However, I did have one problem with the article. Towards the end, the story seemed to focus on one particular person, but his story was thrown in after a good concluding statement. If it were up to me, I don't think I would include any portion about one particular person. Although he was critically injured, there were others hurt in the incident as well, and the people that were killed seemed to be lumped together.
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