RSSMass Shooting at Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin (VIDEO) (Update: 4 Shot, Suspect Still at Large … Shooter Has Been Put Down) (UPDATE: 7 People Killed Including Gunman)
ABC News is reporting that there has been a mass shooting at a Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, WI.As per information that was broadcast over police radio, a witness to the shooting told law enforcement the shooter was a white male, bald, with a heavy build. He was wearing a sleeveless T-shirt. It has not been confirmed whether there are more than one gunman. The shooting took place at a Sikh Temple, located at Sikh Temple, on 7512 S. Howell Ave., in Oak Creek, WI.
God Bless the victims of yet another senseless act of violence.
A mass shooting has occurred at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc., this morning.
At least four people have been reported injured in the mass shooting and no suspect has been identified.
The incident reportedly occurred around 10:45 a.m. at the temple, just outside of Milwaukee.
UPDATE I: The shooting happened at about 10:40 a.m. local time, according to WTMJ. There are reports that multiple people have been shot and that many people are still inside the Temple hiding. The local police and FBI are on location at the crime scene.
Pictures from Chopper 4 showed at least four people who were shot, though Oak Creek Police did not confirm those reports.
One witness told Newsradio 620 WTMJ’s Dan O’Donnell that at least two, possible four gunmen were hiding inside the temple.
Oak Creek Police did not confirm that they have a shooter in custody.
The shootings happened at about 10:30 a.m. at the Sikh Temple, on the 7500 block of South Howell Avenue in Oak Creek.
UPDATE II: JS Online -At Least 4 shot, victims reported taken out of temple.
At least four people were shot just after 10 a.m. Sunday at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, and a police SWAT team entered the building before noon and brought uninjured people out of the building at 7512 S. Howell Ave.
Victims were being taken out of the temple.
Among those who were shot was the president of the temple.
People were in the temple as early as 6:30 a.m. Sunday and many more were arriving for a service that was to begin about 11:30 a.m.
There were reports that children were taken to the building’s basement after shots were fired.
Someone who sent a text message to a Journal Sentinel reporter shortly before noon said that there were two shooters with children possibly as hostages.
And the head priest was locked inside a restroom with a cell phone and that there were as many as 20 to 30 victims.
UPDATE III: Gunman may have hostages inside the Temple. It was reported that people inside the Temple via cell phones that woman and children were hiding inside of closets inside the Temple.
UPDATE IV: FOX News reported that one shooter has been put down. A local police officer encountered the shooter and the police officer was shot by the Temple shooter. The police officer is expected to survive from gun shot wounds. Return fire from the police officer put down the shooter. CNN is reporting that the gunman is dead.
A shooting at Sikh temple in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on Sunday, left at least three people wounded and one gunman killed by a police officer, authorities said.
The officer was wounded but “returned fire, and that shooter was put down,” said Bradley Wentlandt, the police chief in nearby Greenfield, who briefed reporters. Wentlandt called it “an ongoing and very fluid situation.”
UPDATE V: 7 people Dead, including gunman.
Four people have been killed inside the Temple, 3 others have been killed outside the temple including the gun man.
At least seven people were killed, including one shooter, just after 10 a.m. Sunday at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, police said.
Four of the dead were inside the temple at 7512 S. Howell Ave. and three of the dead, including a shooter, were outside on the temple’s parking lot.
UPDATE VI: Description of the shooting at the Sikh Temple.
Posted August 5, 2012 by Scared Monkeys Crime, Deceased, Facebook, Murder, Sikh, Wisconsin, You Tube - VIDEO | 9 comments |
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Oh, No- not again.
How is our Mental Health System failing all of these people?
WTF is going on in our Country with all these shootings?
Honestly, what the hell is really wrong with our Country, America?
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At least Brian Ross of ABC News has not linked the gunman to the Tea Party, yet.
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NG, it’s not the mental health system failing. It’s the fact we’ve lost our core values. All, too many anyway. I realize this is only my opinion, but I don’t believe any pill or councilor can fix a spiritual problem such as hatred or the likes. Yes…there are some good psychologist and psychiatrist out there, but not a whole lot. If they are not allowed to use any form or religious or Christian ethics to helpl their patients I’m not sure what would work.
God help this nation…and the world for that matter.
When there are those in the population that do not have a GOD concept and its attendant value system, then we should not be suprised at what we get. The value systems of our founding fathers have slipped away from main stream conciousness of our people.
The Sikhs are a religion that originated in India. Their dress is similar to that of the muslims. Their value systems are much more humane than those of the muslims.
Unless the police are able to find evidence regarding the reason for the attack, we may never know as he is dead from the shootout.
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Another sick SOB targets a location where he knew there would be no guns.
There used to be a law on the books when i grew up in New England that stated that you must bring your gun and seven rounds of ammunition to Church on Sundays. The law was on the books from the days of the original settlers when they Native Americans used to pick them off on their way to Church because they realized they had no guns with them on that day.
#3-MOI- I completely agree with you. I have been saying the same thing to anyone who will listen for at least the past 10 years.
I call it the dumbing down of America. I realize there will always be crimes of this nature everywhere on our planet, I just worry lately that the Mass shooting seem to occur more frequently since Columbine and Virgina Tech shootings.
I am afraid for the future of my Children and what type of America they will some day be raising their own children in.
JMO
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NGBoston: You’re a Christian and you feel qualified to comment on the dumbing down of America?
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SM: Just curious, what does this even mean?
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