Saturday, August 18, 2012
First lady is expected to be in the Milwaukee area on Thursday in a move that national Sikh leader describes as "reassuring and heartening."
First Lady Michelle Obama is coming to the Milwaukee area on Thursday to meet with family members of the victims of the Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek. Obama will meet with immediate family members of those who were killed and injured, a White House aide told Reuters News Service Saturday on the condition of anonymity. It was unclear whether Obama would visit Oak Creek or the temple while she's here, or whether she'll meet with Oak Creek police Lt. Brian Murphy, who was one of four people injured in the Aug. 5 shootings. Murphy remains hospitalized and is in satisfactory condition. Obama also will attend a campaign event while in town. Gunman Wade Michael Page opened fire during a Sunday service at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, killing …
Monday, August 6, 2012
Temple president's final act was one of heroism. Other victims remembered as loving, with kind words before services, and dedicated to their spiritual community.
Satwant Singh Kaleka’s final action at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin was one of heroism. When Wade Michael Page, the suspected gunman in Sunday’s tragic shooting, opened fire, the 65-year-old temple president rushed to stop him — possibly preventing more deaths. “He was trying his best to give time for people to get to security,” said his son, Amardeep Kaleka, during a news conference at the Salvation Army in Oak Creek Monday. Satwant Kaleka was one of six Sikhs killed Sunday morning, when Page began shooting. Also killed on Sunday were: Sita Singh, 41; Ranjit Singh, 49; Prakash Singh, 39; Paramjit Kaur, 41; and Suveg Singh, 84. Three others were critically injured in the attack, including Oak Creek Police Lt. Brian Murphy, who was shot …
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Nearly 100 members gathered outside the temple as word of the shooting spread across southeastern Wisconsin Sunday morning.
Since opening its doors nearly five years ago, the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek has been a place where peaceful people came to worship, pray and express their religious feelings. On Sunday, it was the site of a senseless violence, and the nation’s second mass shooting in just more than two weeks. According to police, a gunman killed six people inside the temple and wounded dozens more, including an Oak Creek police officer, before being killed in a shootout Sunday morning. The incident, classifed by officials as "domestic terror," left temple members shocked and in disbelief. "This is disgraceful for the community and the whole world,” one member, who drives from Madison to Sikh services in Oak Creek each Sunday, told Patch. “It's…
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President Obama called Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi Sunday afternoon as reaction to Sikh shooting continues to pour in.
Reaction continues to pour out as Oak Creek deals with one of the darkest days of its history. President Barack Obama called Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi Sunday afternoon to offer his condolences to the city following the mass shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. "His words were very comforting on a very difficult day," Scaffidi tweeted. The city also released a statement earlier Sunday extending its sympathies to victims, families and friends. "The city is outraged by this senseless act of violence that occurred in our community today," the statement said. "We are grateful for the heroic actions of our emergency personnel and the first responders. As it has been reported, one of our police officers has been shot and wounded. Please…
michael
7:14 pm on Sunday, August 19, 2012
Really? Your comment is beyond pathetic.. God help us when people like you aspire to run the country. more ›