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Breaking News: Mass shooting at Oak Creek Gurdwara in Wisconsin USA. Many injured and fatalities reported.




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Many people are reportedly hurt after a gunman entered the the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin on Sunday morning. (Google Satellite)Police in Oak Creek, Wisc., outside of Milwaukee, say a shooting has occured at a Sikh temple and is now a hostage situation.
WISN television is showing live video from the scene with many police cars and ambulances at the temple's parking lot. Reports say people inside the temple are calling and sending short text messages to people outside.
Police are asking people not to call anyone inside the temple should individuals be trying to hide from the gunman.
Sukhwindar Nagr says he called his brother-in-law's phone and a priest at the temple answered. Nagr says the priest told him that his brother-in-law had been shot, along with three priests.
Nagr says the priest also said women and children were hiding in closets at the temple.
Oak Creek Police Department says the shooting took place at about 10:40 a.m. local time.
Carolyn Bellin of Froedtert Hospital told CNN that it has received two men at the hospital in serious condition and is “mobilized” for more patients as needed. Froedtert is the main trauma centre in the community located about 18 kilometres south of Milwaukee.
Bellin said one of the men was in surgery. She did not divulge what kind of wounds they had.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting that multiple people, as many as 20, have been injured.
It's also reporting that a police SWAT team entered the building bef
 

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At least two gunman opened fire during morning services on Sunday at a Sikh Gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, and remained on the loose inside the temple, possibly holding hostages, according to witnesses.
 

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At Least Four People Shot in Sikh Temple, With Possible Children as Hostages (UPDATED)





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At Least Four People Shot in Sikh Temple, With Possible Children as Hostages (UPDATED)

A mass shooting has occurred at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. So far, at least four people have been reported shot, including the president of the temple.
There is a possible hostage situation involving children. A SWAT team entered the building before noon, but the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office has not yet been called.
There may be as many as 20 to 30 victims inside.
Reports from inside indicate that there are anywhere from one to four gunmen. One has been described by a witness as "a white male, bald, with a heavy build. He was wearing a sleeveless T-shirt, according to Oak Creek Patch. He was last seen with two handguns."
This story is developing.
UPDATE:
The Milwaukee Wisconsin-Journal Sentinel says that they have begun removing the injured from the temple's prayer room.
According to witness Ven Boba Ri, one of the temple's committee members, the shooter shot a priest outside the temple, then went inside and continued shooting. The president of the temple, Satwant Kaleka, was shot and taken to a hospital.
Ri told the paper, "It's pretty much a hate crime. It's not an insider."
UPDATE #2:
Greenfield police chief Brad Wentlandt says the gunman has been "put down" after shooting an officer.
An officer arrived and engaged a suspect. That officer was shot multiple times. He is expected to survive. The officer exchanged fire with the shooter. That shooter was put down.
Police believe the situation is contained, but they are looking into the possibility of multiple gunmen.
 

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Update at 2:28 p.m. ET:
The four shot include a police officer, who is expected to survive, and the shooter, police have told TMJ4 in Milwaukee.
Members of the p0lice SWAT team have begun removing the injured from the temple's prayer room, the Journal-Sentinel reports. Among those shot was Satwant Kaleka, president of the temple, Greenfield, Wis., Police Chief Bradley Wentlandt told the news organization.
Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee issued a release at 12:40 p.m. local time indicating that the facility was treating three patients with gunshot wounds. All are male and all are critical, according to the Froedtert statement. One was in surgery, according to the hospital.

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By Mike De Sisti, Mikwaukee Journal-Sentinel



Original posts by Natalie DiBlasio, USA TODAY:
At least two people have been wounded in a shooting incident at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., just south of Milwaukee, local police said today.
In a brief press conference at the scene, Oak Creek police said at least one officer was shot multiple times but was "expected to survive." Police said one suspect was shot and is down. It was not clear how many other people were wounded or if there are other suspects, police said.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that a SWAT team went into the building and brought out an undetermined number of injured people. AP says there are more than a dozen ambulances parked outside the temple, and that police have corralled media and a handful of bystanders to an area near the temple.
Sikhism is a religion founded in the 15th century by Guru Nanak Dev in the Punjab region of what is now Pakistan. It is among the largest organized religions in the world, with more than 20 million Sikhs worldwide.
People inside the temple are using cell phones to call people outside, asking for help, says temple committee member Ven Boba Ri who is outside of the temple, the Journal-Sentinel reports.
Update at 2:16 p.m.: Lee Biblo, chief medical officer at Froedtert Hospital, tells CNN that the injured are all adults, all male and all in critical condition.
Update at 1:59 p.m. ET: The police cannot give a victim count or a suspect count.
A police officer on the scene says that one officer was shot multiple times and one suspect was shot and is down. A police officer will give another update at 1:30 CT.
Update at 1:51 p.m. ET: Sukhwindar Nagr says he called his brother-in-law's phone and a priest at the temple answered, telling him that his brother-in-law had been shot, along with three priests.
Nagr says the priest also said women and children were hiding in closets at the temple.
Update at 1:38 p.m. ET: There are more than a dozen ambulances parked outside the temple, and police have corralled media and a handful of bystanders to an area near the temple, AP reports.
Update at 1:25 p.m. ET: Two men have been admitted to Froedtert hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said. One is in critical condition in the surgical intensive care unit; the other has been sent to an operating room, CNN reports.
Update at 1:23 p.m. ET: Fran McLaughlin, spokeswoman for the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, says a call came in at 10:26 a.m. CT. She says officers are at the scene but she has no other information to report, AP reports.
Update at 1:13 p.m. ET: Two shooters are possibly still inside with children as hostages, according to someone who sent a text message to a Journal Sentinel reporter, the Journal-Sentinel reports.
CNN is reporting that the shooter is at large.
Update at 1:07 p.m. ET: Reports of 20 to 30 shot at Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, possible hostages, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.
There are reports that the head priest was locked inside a restroom with a cell phone and said there were as many as 30 victims in temple, the Journal-Sentinel reports.
As of about noon, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office said it had not been called to the scene.
Meanwhile, Brookfield police officers were dispatched to the Sikh Temple at 3675 N. Calhoun Road as a precaution in the aftermath of the Oak Creek shooting.
At least three squads were at the temple in Waukesha County.
Original post: The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinelis reporting that multiple people, an undetermined number between 8 and 20, have been injured in a shooting incident at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., just south of Milwaukee.
The shooting took place around 11 a.m. local time at the Sikh Temple, 7512 S. Howell Ave., in Oak Creek.
Oak Creek police, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department and other law enforcement agencies have responde
 

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Are prayers are with Wisconsin Sikh Temple and the family's. A request please do not spread info without being confirmed.
Waheguru Mehar Kari ! Waheguru Waheguru Waheguru
 

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ਅੱਜ ਹੁਣੇ ਹੀ ਇੱਕ ਮਾੜੀ ਖਬਰ ਸੁਣੀ ਗਈ ਹੇ ਕਿ ਵਿਨਸਕਾਨ੍ਸਨ ਦੇ ਸਿਖ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰੇ 'ਚ ਗੋਲੀ ਚਲੀ ਹੇ ਅਤੇ ੮ ਵਿਅਕਤੀਆਂ ਨੂ ਗੋਲੀਆਂ ਲੱਗੀਆ ਹਨ -ਉਥੇ ਇੱਕ ਗੋਰੇ ਨੂ ਦੋ ਗੰਨਾਂ ਹਥ 'ਚ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਆਇਆ ਵੇਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਸੀ ਹੋਰ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਦੀ ਉਡੀਕ ਹੇ.. :(
ਗੁਰੁ ਘਰ ਚ 400 ਸਿਖ ਸੰਗਤਾ ਸਨ.. ਜਿਸ ਵਿਚ 4 ਸਿਖ ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਹੋ ਗਏ ਨੇ. ਤੇ 30 ਤੋ ਵਧ ਜਖਮੀ ਹੋ ਗਏ ਨੇ ਵਾਹੇਗੁਰੁ ਜੀ ਮੇਹਰ ਕਰਨ ਆਜੋ ਸਾਰੇ ਜਣੇ ਰਲ ਕੇ ਅਰਦਾਸ ਕਰਿਏ ਤਾ ਜੋ ਸਾਰਿਆ ਨੁੰ ਬਚਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਸਕੇ..
 

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At least seven people were shot dead, including a suspected gunman, during a shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., local police say
 

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Anyone who attacks those in a place of worship are TERRORISTS!

Another dark day for Sikhs, Waheguru

Waheguru Ji kirpa karo Ji


 
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