Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Authorities say attack was not directed by a white supremacist group or part of ongoing threat to Sikh community.
The FBI has announced the end of its investigation into the Aug. 5 shootings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, but the questions likely won't be going away. After 300 interviews, 200 leads and more than 200 pieces of evidence, the investigation did not turn up any evidence that Wade Michael Page's attack was facilitated by a white supremacist group or that it was part of an ongoing threat to the Sikh community, officials said in a statement released Tuesday. Patch's media partners at Fox 6 reported Tuesday that Page had contact with the Sikh temple on the Thursday before the shooting, asking what the Sikh community was all about. A woman welcomed Page into the temple and even offered him something to eat, according to the report. Page came …
The Milwaukee FBI office is expected to release a statement later today.
The FBI will release a statement later today with details on its investigation into the Aug. 5 mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, Public Affairs Specialist Leonard Peace said. The FBI has not commented publicly on the investigation since a press conference two days after the shooting. They said then that after more than 100 interviews and some 180 subpoenas, they still did not know exactly why Wade Michael Page entered the temple that day and began firing, killing six members and wounding four others. WTMJ-TV, which first reported the FBI's expected statement, said the agency has learned more about Page's background and how his life was falling apart prior to the shooting. Page, 40, was an Army veteran with a history of …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The FBI awarded Al Passehl a Public Service Award for his efforts following the Aug. 5 shootings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.
Al Passehl, who shut down Classic Lanes for two days to help Sikh Temple of Wisconsin members, will be honored by the FBI today. The FBI is awarding Passehl a Public Service Award for the local business owner's efforts following the Aug. 5 shootings at the Oak Creek Sikh temple. The bowling alley, located across the street from the temple, provided temple members food and drinks and a place to gather following the shootings. It stayed open for temple members for 37 straight hours. City officials and other Oak Creek business owners have also lauded Passehl. For his part, Passehl has said the business was "more than happy" to do what it could for temple members and first responders. "I firmly believe that any business in Oak Creek would have…
Thursday, August 18, 2011
McNamara was first woman appointed as special agent in charge of Milwaukee division.
Editor's Note: The original version of this story stated that McNamara accepted a promotion to the FBI's New York office. She was actually promoted to a position in the FBI's headquarters in Washington D.C. Apologies for the error. Nancy McNamara, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Milwaukee division, said in a speech to South Suburban Chamber members that she is leaving her post for a promotion in Washington D.C. McNamara told an audience of about 40 that she was hoping to stay in Milwaukee for a few years but accepted the promotion after 10 months on the job. She was the first woman appointed to lead the Milwaukee division and will officially leave in about three weeks. McNamara spent the first 12 years of her professional career …
Bill
1:13 am on Monday, October 8, 2012
Thank you mr Passehl, you are a very humble human being. May God bless you and your family and what you did on that day. more ›