Seven killed, including suspect, in Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting

A worshiper prays outside a Sikh temple after the shooting. (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel/AP)

At least seven people were killed, including the suspected gunman, in a shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., south of Milwaukee on Sunday.

According to police, a 911 dispatcher received multiple calls from the temple at approximately 10:25 a.m. local time. An officer who responded to the scene engaged with the suspected gunman in the parking lot. The veteran officer was shot multiple times and is in surgery at Milwaukee's Froedhert Hospital, according to a police spokesman. His condition is not known.

The suspect was "put down" and is presumed dead, he said.

Tactical units conducting a sweep of the 17,000-square-foot temple discovered four bodies inside and three--including the gunman--in the parking lot. There were initial, unconfirmed reports of multiple shooters and a hostage situation, though the police spokesman would not confirm those reports. "We have not identified additional shooters," he said.

A spokesman for Froedtert Hospital said a total of three victims were admitted in critical condition--two with gunshot wounds to the face and one with gunshot wounds to the abdomen. Other area hospitals were told to prepare for as many as 20 victims.

According to NBC's Milwaukee affiliate, a SWAT team entered the temple and were releasing worshipers.

Sunday's shooting comes less than a month after the Aurora, Colo., theater massacre, when 12 people were killed and 58 wounded during a midnight screening of "Dark Knight Rises."

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/sikh-temple-shooting-175002467.html

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