(CNN) -- A lone gunman began shooting Friday in an immigration services building in Binghamton, New York, killing at least four people, a law enforcement source close to the situation said.
The source said more than a dozen were wounded.
Police on the scene told CNN affiliate WBNG-TV that up to 12 people were killed in the shooting.
Two people were seen being led from the building in plastic handcuffs, WBNG reported. It was not immediately known whether the two were under arrest.
A man began shooting in the American Civic Association, which helps immigrants and refugees, the source said.
The source said there may have been 20 to 40 people taken hostage.
The local newspaper, the Press & Sun-Bulletin, said on its Web site that at least four people were shot and 41 people had been taken hostage.
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