The man suspected of opening fire on Sunday in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis., is confirmed to be Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old former member of the U.S. Army, law enforcement officials say.
Wade Michael Page was shot dead by police during the attack in the Milwaukee suburb, according to the Associated Press. US officials said Page had been discharged from the military after being demoted.
Page critically wounded three and killed six worshipers during the Sunday service. Police and the FBI haven't revealed a possible motive in the Sunday morning rampage that shocked Oak Creek.
Sources told ABC News the suspect was a "white supremacist" or "skinhead." And officials told NBC News he had "some kind of radical or white supremacist views," but was apparently not a member of any kind of radical organization. His past run-ins with law enforcement were described as minor.
Law enforcement officials are treating the case as an "act of domestic terrorism," police said, and the FBI is leading the investigation. The names of the victims in Sunday's shooting were not released.
Sunday's shooting came less than a month after the Aurora, Colo., theater massacre, where 12 people were killed and 58 wounded during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises."
Sikhism is a 500-year-old monotheistic faith with about 27 million followers worldwide. Since 9/11, there have been more than 700 reports of hate-related incidents against Sikhs in the United States, according to the Associated Press. "Sikhs don't practice the same religion as Muslims," the AP noted, "but their long beards and turbans often cause them to be mistaken for Muslims, advocates say."
