Incident

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8-05-2012 Wisconsin Oak Creek 10-1

Location

August 05, 2012

Sikh Temple of Wisconsin
Incident Address

Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Prakash Singh
Age: 39
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Paramjit Kaur
Age: 41
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Sita Singh
Age: 41
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Ranjit Singh
Age: 49
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Satwant Singh Kaleka
Age: 65
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Baba Punjab Singh
Age: 72
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Suveg Singh Khattra
Age: 84
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Lieutenant Brian Murphy
Age: 51
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Wade Michael Page
Age: 40
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Suicide^
Murder/Suicide
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator shot
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator suicide at standoff
Mass Murder (4+ deceased victims excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator , one location)
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
Hate crime

Notes

Cops treated as domestic terror. 6 died on scene; 7th (Baba Punjab Singh) died in 2020. Lt. Murphy shot 15 times. Police shot gunman in stomach; killed self at scene. Gunman was Army vet, white supremacist, ties to neo-Nazi groups. Gun legally bought a week before shooting. No concealed carry permit.