Posted on 08/05/2012 9:50:55 AM PDT by Pinkbell
Edited on 08/05/2012 10:46:48 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
At least four people were shot just after 10 a.m. Sunday at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, and a police SWAT team entered the building before noon and brought uninjured people out of the building at 7512 S. Howell Ave.
Among those who were shot was the president of the temple.
People were in the temple as early as 6:30 a.m. Sunday and many more were arriving for a service that was to begin about 11:30 a.m.
There were reports that children were taken to the building's basement after shots were fired.
I thought Sikhs only carried knives.
I’m sure there’s some MSM already salivating at the opportunity to blame this on some new Timothy, but I wouldn’t rule out the Amish just yet... While some ‘white’ people might have trouble picking these guys out from the bad guys, the bad guys have absolutely no problem going after Indians.
NBC: Oak Creek police, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department and other law enforcement agencies have responded, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported.
A witness told officers the shooter was a white male, with a heavy build, bald head and wearing a sleeveless T-shirt, Oak Creek Patch reported.
Commie ‘RAT political advisors will be all over this like stink on a cowpie. Something else to exploit for the election!!!
Mutters might’ve mistaken them for Muzzies... when in fact they are one of the most lethal forces standing against Islam’s barbarism.
Let me guess, shooter thought they were muslim.
*Nutters.
TROP or OWS ?
I think that there's a fair amount of historical animosity between Sikhs and Hindus.Don't know where,if anywhere,moslems might fit into that mosaic.
The shooting happened at about 10:40 a.m. at the Sikh Temple, on the 7500 block of South Howell Avenue in Oak Creek.
Witnesses told Tom Murray of TODAY’S TMJ4 that someone opened fire inside the temple.
As of 11:40 a.m., a public safety dispatcher said that there was no active shooter on the scene. That shooter may be at a different location.
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/165061026.html
Nobody in their right mind targets the Sikhs.
Chances are all the shooter thought was that they're not like him.
Sikhs are NOT muslims. Their religion emphasizes a personal relationship with God, with no intermediaries (i.e. no Mohammed) . It stresses self-discipline, and unlike Islam is not negative towards non-believers and is not a political system. I find it a lot closer to wester, judeo-christian beliefs than Islam.
I've known and worked closely with several Sikhs in my life, and they were all fine, upstanding human beings. You can read more about it here.
“Mutters might’ve mistaken them for Muzzies...”
You’d really have to be blindingly ignorant to mistake Sikhs for Muslims. Doesn’t mean this guy was half a retard, but it’s almost beyond belief that someone, at this point, would make that mistake.
Darn right! We have few better allies against radical muslims.
A witness told officers the shooter was a white male, with a heavy build, bald head and wearing a sleeveless T-shirt, Oak Creek Patch reported.
BillyBob,Joe Billy or Bubba. Guessing who the neo-nazi perp’s name is.
I guess the big, white, bald-headed guy just walked in? How long was he in there, and did anyone confront him? After all, adult Sikh males usually wear a specific type of headwrap. A bald headed man would have stuck out like a sore thumb.
But I won't believe the 'bald-headed white guy' report until the story shakes out. Too many times those first reports are proven to be wildly wrong.
White? Yikes! Looks like Osama will have to tear himself away from those fundraisers to visit another swing state that needs some fake tears.
Muslims hate Sikhs (who are a syncretist group).
However, unless this guy was a Chechen or something, it sounds to me like another white nutcase who saw them wearing turbans and thought they were Muslims. Remember a Sikh was killed and others were beaten after 9/11.
I don’t know why, because Muslims generally don’t wear anything that looks remotely like a Sikh turban.
What are the odds that this guy, when caught, turns out to be under some kind of psychiatric care or undiagnosed condition like the last two spree shooters? Of course the timing seems suspicious as well, given the upcoming elections and Democrats’ attempst to scale back conceal carry?
Sikhs were a community formed as a military response against Muslim rule in India and all the Sikh founders were / are Hindus, and Sikhs defended Hindu interests when they were threatened. Sikhism was recognized as a separate religion only recently.
A large proportion of the Indian military is lead by Sikhs.
The animosity you are referring to relates to a Pakistan-funded separatist movement which was quelled by Sikhs themselves.
Brian Ross is tweeting that he’s checking the rolls of the Wisconsin Tea Party...
hey there are white muzzies..but just remember they can call on thier minions at anytime and the UN wants our guns.
We are getting reports that 20 to 30 people have been injured in a shooting before 11 a.m. Sunday at the Sikh Temple, 7512 S. Howell Ave., in Oak Creek.
Two shooters are possibly still inside with children as hostages, according to someone who sent a text message to a Journal Sentinel reporter.
Sikh temples are open to all and most of the visitors are typically Hindus and Westerners, neither of whom have any specific dress code.
I work with a Sikh and he is the most peaceful guy. He doesn’t hate anyone. He does not like Muslims because of the problems they cause but he does not hate Hindus at all. Prayers for the Sikh community.
There are reports that the head priest was locked inside a restroom with a cell phone and said there was as many as 30 victims in temple.
Prayers to all that are injured. Please don’t let the perp be a “Bubba”. The press will have a field day with that.
Sikhs are mistaken for Muzzies quite often, and there have been several fatalities due to this confusion.
UPDATE per original link:
We are getting reports that 20 to 30 people have been injured in a shooting before 11 a.m. Sunday at the Sikh Temple, 7512 S. Howell Ave., in Oak Creek.
Two shooters are possibly still inside with children as hostages, according to someone who sent a text message to a Journal Sentinel reporter.
Flight for Life has been called.
Oak Creek police are not giving out any information at this point.
Oak Creek police, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department and other law enforcement agencies have responded.
There are reports that the head priest was locked inside a restroom with a cell phone and said there was as many as 30 victims in temple.
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.
About 50 people were at the Brookfield temple for a morning service and many of them went outside after they learned of the shooting in Oak Creek.
We will update frequently.
WISN 12 News reporter Abe Lubetkin is on the scene, and people in the area told him that people remain inside the building and are hiding. The people inside believe that a gunman may still be inside the building.
Amen! Did it have to get to 28 posts before prayer was called? :-(
CNN providing live coverage.
Milwaukee County Fire reports 8 victims
Scanners links:
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Per local TV web pages, shooter may yet be unidentified.
TMJ4 TV reports
As of 12:10 p.m., JSOnline reported at least 20 people who were shot, and shooters possibly inside as hostages.
WISN 12 News spoke to a man whose father was inside during the shooting. He was told by police that 20-25 people may have been shot inside. The man also said his mother is hiding inside as she believes the gunman is still inside.
The man said that the priest picked up his father’s cell phone and called him, saying many people were shot and that ambulances were needed at the temple.
I agree...prayers are needed.
No kidding. My coworker and friend is a great guy and the Sikhs i have met in my life have been kind and gentle people. They want to live the American dream.
Prayers for everybody, but especially those poor hostages and their families .
Okay, I’ll say it just to get it out there.
Manchurian Candidate...groomed in DC.
Gun Control working under the radar.
Police Scanner just told dispatch to contact TV stations and tell them to TURN OFF THEIR DAMN LIVE FEEDS of the scene.
I just heard an officer request if suspect info was available and dispatcher said Negative. The white guy thing could be early speculation as usual. Also, they’re going to ask Channel 12 to cut their helicopter feed.
Yeah, the idiots showed the armored vehicles moving into place.
No, you are right about the assassination. India Gandhi ordered the Indian military into the Golden Temple to expunge the Pakistan-supported militants who has holed themselves into the Sikh shrine. The man who lead this campaign to rid the temple of the militants was Sikh Indian military officer. Indira Gandhi’s body guard, a Sikh, assassinated her for ordering the military action which damaged the facade of the shrine.
The Golden Temple is the most important shrine to Sikhs.
Sikhs are neither Muslims nor from the Middle East. Sikhism is a religion of India. The roots of Sikhism lie in Punjab (India). Sikhs make up 60% to 70% of the total population of Punjab, which is the only region in the world where Sikhs are in the majority.
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