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 …
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Republican say selection of Janesville congressman is a bold move.
It’s as good as official: Wisconsin’s Paul Ryan will be Mitt Romney’s running mate, the Romney campaign announced early Saturday. National news sites broke the news just before midnight on Friday night, ending weeks of speculation and propelling Wisconsin into the heart of the presidential campaign. Shortly before midnight, CNN was reporting that three sources had confirmed that the Janesville congressman, 42, was the VP pick of the Republican Romney. News that Romney’s campaign was announcing its VP selection on Saturday in Virginia broke widely late Friday. Romney is to make the announcement early Saturday morning in Virginia, kicking off a four-state tour in his bid to unseat incumbent Barack Obama. The Huffington Post summed it up with…
Monday, August 6, 2012
The gunman in Sunday's Sikh Temple shooting is a Colorado native who led a music group that has been classified as one supporting white-supremacist ideology. He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1998 after six years of service.
The 40-year-old Army veteran identified as the shooter inside an Oak Creek Sikh Temple on Sunday was a Colorado native who sang and played guitar in a band that may have had white-supremacist motives. Wade Michael Page, who was residing in a rented duplex in Cudahy, appeared in 2010 in an interview on Label56.com — which the Southern Poverty Law Center identified as being a white supremacist website. The discussion focused around his band, End Apathy. "I am originally from Colorado and had always been independent, but back in 2000 I set out to get involved and wanted to basically start over," Page said in the interview. "End Apathy began in 2005 and the concept was based on trying to figure out what it would take to actually accomplish …
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Sikh Temple of Wisconsin members, along with police and city officials, comment on Sunday's shooting there, which is being deemed an act of domestic terrorism.
Check out this video with Patch's coverage of Sunday's Sikh Temple of Wisconsin shooting, where six were killed and three were injured. Many temple members were shocked and saddened by the incident, which is being classified as an act of domestic terrorism.
Hundreds gather at Milwaukee's Cathedral Park and elsewhere to hold vigils in remembrance of the those who died in Sunday's shooting at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek.
A few hundred people gathered at Cathedral Square in downtown Milwaukee Sunday night to begin the healing process following Sunday's mass shooting in Oak Creek. People prayed, sang and offered their thoughts about how to come together following the killing of seven people at the Sikh Temple, 7512 S. Howell Ave. Three others were injured, including an Oak Creek police officer. A pastor who led the group in prayer mentioned the shooting in Aurora, CO, just a few weeks earlier that left 12 dead inside a movie theater. "That was a place where families go. This was a shooting that evil came into the world and moved up one level — it went into the house of worship," he said. "What's the next level?" Stephanie Haw, one of three organizers of the …
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…
Woman describes shooter — who lives in Cudahy — as "quiet" and said he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
As authorities searched a home in Cudahy Sunday evening believed to be the residence of the man who shot and killed six people at an Oak Creek Sikh temple, a woman whose son owns that home shed some light on the alleged shooter. The mother of the suspect’s landlord told Patch Sunday she believed the man had “just broken up with his girlfriend.” “He’s a renter,” said the woman, whom Patch is not identifying. “He’s new actually. He rented a room with my son.” The woman said she is “completely freaked out” and that she believes her son found the man as a renter for his home in the 3700 block of E. Holmes Avenue “through an ad.” “He lived with my son for three weeks, then the house across the street became empty, and he moved there,” she said…
Seven people, including shooter, died Sunday morning at Oak Creek temple; veteran police officer among those injured.
Story updated at 7:50 a.m. Monday; includes name of gunman. At least seven people are confirmed dead and three others injured, following the Sunday morning shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. Police on Monday said one gunman was responsible for the act: Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old Army veteran. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that Page was attached to the Fort Bragg base in North Carolina. He recently moved to a duplex in the 3700 block of E. Holmes Avenue in Cudahy, the newspaper reported. Three bodies were found outside the temple at 7512 S. Howell Ave. and four were inside the building. Among the deceased is the gunman, who apparently acted alone. The two officers who first arrived at the temple …
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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 ›