WI - Six killed, 4 injured in Sikh temple shooting, Oak Creek, 5 Aug 2012

[wfgodot]

Another person killed is named:

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The victims ranged in age from their late 20s to about 70, said Justice Singh Khalsa, who helped translate witness accounts for authorities.

One of the dead was a priest named Prakash Singh, who recently immigrated to the United States with his wife and two young children, Khalsa said.
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CNN

Excellent Journal Sentinel article about the victims:

Victims called loving, dedicated, deeply religious

 

[~n/t~]

I agree about the mosque point, katydid. Doesn't WI have a lot of mosques, too? It seems like he would just attack Muslims if he were against Muslims.

The attacks on Sikhs after 9/11 were a long time ago now, and folks have learned a lot more about Islam (and Radical Islam) since those days. I don't know enough about subgroups of folks from WI to know what to think, though. I'm sure we have a few people in my area who would confuse the two religions on seeing one or the other. Not many, but I'm sure there are some.

I would bet that an average person would not know the difference even after 11 years. They see a turban and they make the connection to the Taliban/Muslims. If the Sikh community expressed a concern, it is because they faced this threat. :moo:

 

[What'sThatClue]

Dead suspect identified:

Sources identified the dead suspect as Wade Michael Page, who was at one time attached to the Fort Bragg Army installation in North Carolina. Local authorities have scheduled a 10 a.m. press conference, where more details may emerge about Page and what the FBI is treating as an act of domestic terrorism in the temple, in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek. Six people were killed and four wounded, including a police officer, before the man being identified as Page was shot dead by a police officer.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/0...oting-at-wisconsin-sikh-temple/#ixzz22lY0vDW6

 

[Portabella]

@CBSRadioNews : The Army tells @CBSNews: Wade Michael Page enlisted 1992, discharged 1998. Served at Ft Bliss in psy ops. Last duty station Ft Bragg #TX #WI

 

[Lava]

I agree about the mosque point, katydid. Doesn't WI have a lot of mosques, too? It seems like he would just attack Muslims if he were against Muslims.

The attacks on Sikhs after 9/11 were a long time ago now, and folks have learned a lot more about Islam (and Radical Islam) since those days. I don't know enough about subgroups of folks from WI to know what to think, though. I'm sure we have a few people in my area who would confuse the two religions on seeing one or the other. Not many, but I'm sure there are some.

BBM - Sorry, but attacks against Sikhs, being mistaken for muslims, are ongoing even a decade later.

http://www.splcenter.org/search/apachesolr_search/Sikh

 

[Kimberlyd125]

According to sources in the U.S. Army, Page enlisted in April 1992 and given a less-than-honorable discharge in October 1998. He served at Fort Bliss, Texas, in the psychological operations unit in 1994, and was last stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, attached to the psychological operations unit. The details of his discharge were not immediately clear.




Nobody has really seen him," neighbor Alma Rayes tells CBS News. "We heard here and there that they've been doing a lot of arguing, between him and another female, but I haven't seen him."


http://m.cbsnews.com/fullstory.rbml?catid=57487094&feed_id=1&videofeed=null

 

[BeginnersLuck]

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/...sikh-temple-shooter-member-of-neo-nazi-group/

The man who allegedly murdered six people at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee yesterday, identified in media reports as Wade Michael Page, is a former member of a racist skinhead band.

More at the link above

 

[Kimberlyd125]

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/...sikh-temple-shooter-member-of-neo-nazi-group/



More at the link above

Here is the interview.

http://uprisedirect.blogspot.com/2010/05/end-apathy-interview-2010.html?m=1

 

[BeginnersLuck]

Interview with Page while with End Apathy Band

http://www.label56.com/2012/05/end-apathy-interview/

 

[Kimberlyd125]

MS page for the band

http://m.myspace.com/home.wap?bfd=webnext&isredirected=true#friends.list/profile/147165191

It says Wade- vocals/guitar

 

[Kimberlyd125]

Police say Page, 40, purchased the pistol used in the shooting within the past 10 days near his home.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...d-gunman-in-wisconsin-sikh-temple-attack?lite

 

[Aqua]

I agree about the mosque point, katydid. Doesn't WI have a lot of mosques, too? It seems like he would just attack Muslims if he were against Muslims.

The attacks on Sikhs after 9/11 were a long time ago now, and folks have learned a lot more about Islam (and Radical Islam) since those days. I don't know enough about subgroups of folks from WI to know what to think, though. I'm sure we have a few people in my area who would confuse the two religions on seeing one or the other. Not many, but I'm sure there are some.

We have a one mosque in the area, that I know of. It's fairly close to where the suspect lived. I don't see how the average person would not realize that a temple and a mosque are different. IMO, it doesn't sound like this was overly planned out for 2 reasons. 1. It was stated that the temple would have many more people there around 11:30. 2. Oak creek PD has a quick response time. Was he targeting the priests?

 

[Aqua]

Interview with Page while with End Apathy Band

http://www.label56.com/2012/05/end-apathy-interview/

"end apathy". How fitting.:notgood:

 

[Kimberlyd125]

Photo of Wade from MS page linked above

 

[~n/t~]

Photo of Wade from MS page linked above

When they said he had a lot of tattoes, they weren't kidding. :what:

Can any of you make out what they mean? One looks like a cross of some sort.

 

[BeginnersLuck]

In 2000, the Southern Poverty Law Center has found that Page also attempted to purchase goods from the neo-Nazi National Alliance, then America’s most important hate group.

More on the National Alliance: http://www.splcenter.org/get-inform...f-its-founder-the-once-dominant-national-alli

 

[Aqua]

When they said he had a lot of tattoes, they weren't kidding. :what:

Can any of you make out what they mean? One looks like a cross of some sort.

That one looks a lot like that symbol of the Zodiac killer.:waitasec:

 

[~n/t~]

That one looks a lot like that symbol of the Zodiac killer.:waitasec:

I think it's a celtic cross.

Hate On Display:

http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/racist_celtic_cross.asp

 

[Aqua]

I think it's a celtic cross.

Hate On Display:

http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/racist_celtic_cross.asp

Shows how much I know about this stuff. Thank you.

 

[Kimberlyd125]

http://fox6now.com/2012/08/06/sikh-temple-shooter-identified-as-wade-michael-page/