Yaar Punjabi
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Breaking News: Mass shooting at Oak Creek Gurdwara in Wisconsin USA. Many injured and fatalities reported.
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting injures many
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
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting injures many
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