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At least seven people have been killed after at least one gunman attacked a Sikh temple on the south side of Milwaukee on Sunday morning, police said.
Reports of multiple shooters have not been confirmed. Police say they shot and killed a gunman and that an officer had been shot several times in return; the officer, a 20-year veteran, was expected to live.
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that police have no found evidence of a second shooter, yet continue to ask media not to broadcast images of their tactical units at the scene. A federal law enforcement official told the Los Angeles Times earlier Sunday morning that police were originally looking for two white shooters with large builds.
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Witnesses told local media that several temple priests had been shot outside the temple in the parking lot.
Local media reported that at least three victims had been taken to a hospital -- with one shot in the head and one in the stomach, and with one in surgery.
WISN 12 News reported that family members had received messages from relatives inside the temple saying that they were either being held hostage or hiding in closets and bathrooms.
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According to the Oak Creek Patch, State Rep. Josh Zepnick and Dist. Atty. John Chisholm visited the temple in 2011 to discuss ethnic discrimination against Sikhs in Oak Creek. In the United States, Sikhs are often mistaken for Muslims.
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