Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting
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 Oak Creek
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting (Wisconsin)
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting (the US)
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| Location | Sikh Temple of Wisconsin 7512 S. Howell Avenue Oak Creek, Wisconsin, US |
| Coordinates | 42°54′29″N 87°54′39″W / 42.90806°N 87.91083°WCoordinates: 42°54′29″N 87°54′39″W / 42.90806°N 87.91083°W |
| Date | August 5, 2012 10:25 a.m. (CDT) |
| Target | Worshippers at a Sikh temple |
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Attack type
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Mass murder, murder-suicide, massacre |
| Weapons | Springfield XD(M) semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 7 (Including perpetrator) |
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Non-fatal injuries
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4 |
| Perpetrator | Wade Michael Page |
| Motive | Racial hatred |
| Wade Michael Page | |
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November 11, 1971 Loveland, Colorado |
| Died | August 5, 2012 (aged 40) Oak Creek, Wisconsin |
| Cause of death | Self-inflicted gunshot wound |
On August 5, 2012, a massacre took place at the gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where 40-year-old Wade Michael Page fatally shot six people and wounded four others. Page committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after he was shot in the stomach by a responding police officer.
Page was an American white supremacist and Army veteran from Cudahy, Wisconsin. Apart from the shooter, all of the dead were members of the Sikh faith. The incident drew responses from President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Dignitaries attended candlelight vigils in countries such as the U.S., Canada, and India.First Lady Michelle Obama visited the temple on August 23, 2012.
Following emergency calls around 10:25 a.m. CDT, police responded to a shooting at a Sikh gurdwara located in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. On arrival, they engaged the gunman, later identified as Wade Michael Page, who had shot several people at the temple, killing six. Page wounded an officer; after being shot in the stomach by another, he fatally shot himself in the head. He was armed with a Springfield XD(M) 9-millimeter semi-automatic pistol. Page had legally purchased the gun in Wisconsin. Four people were killed inside the temple, and three people, including Page, died outside. Page killed five men and one woman, ranging in age from 39 to 84.
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