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Attorney both of whom had visited the temple back in 2011. they noted that there was a discussion with parishonners there about public safety issues in the sikh community. businesses and workers had been the victims of robberies and vandalism. they -- the sikhs are because of religious tradition they wear tour been as many of them and they are often mistaken according to the newspaper article for muslims. they he have been the target of racially motivated crimes by antimuslim people and groups. again, i'm reading and summarizing here from the oak creek patch. epithets apparently shout the at t...

Motivation behind this attack. we want to stress, we have no idea. it could be related to the nature of religion and race. it may not be. it could be sikh on sikh crime. it could be random. but one thing is for sure, it is senseless. and the victims are quite innocent. >>heather: and we know for sure that six individuals lost their lives today. the shooter included, that makes it seven. as we just heard, three people are being treated at hospital with injuries to their face, extremities, abdomen. that is a level one trauma center, and it is not uncommon to be treating three gunshot victims at ...

Six people plus the seventh is the gunman here. >> heather: we do have someone on the phone right now. on don walker with the milwaukee jumper sentinel. i understand you have worked there for at least 30 years. what can you tell us about this temple and the community? >> the tell as many located in a suburban middle-class community called oak creek which is located south of downtown milwaukee. it's in a suburban neighborhood although the temple is located on a very busy commercial street. >> heather: we may have to cut you off because we are waiting for this news conference. what about this re...

>>. >> heather: we are waiting a news conference from oak creek, wisconsin, where 7 people have been killed at a sikh temple including the gunman. shooter opened fire earlier today. we have been following the story as it continues to unfold. heroes and victims. >> the hero is the police officer that took out the gunman even though that police officer had already been wounded. he apparently received multiple gunshot wounds, he is expected to survive, but was able to fire off his weapon, take out or put down as they've been calling it the shooter before he could likely any other members of this ...

Aggression and has been investigated. >> gregg: do you know the details of those threats at all. we noted robberies and vandalism but epithets had been uttered against members of that parish? >> that is correct. i spoke to national spokesman for the faith and he told me the threats amounted to threatening phone calls, perhaps vandalism, that sort of thing. nothing to the kind of violence we saw today. >> gregg: the newspaper we were reading, the oak creek patch that detailed this story. so severe the threats the district attorney came to meet with members of the parish to talk to them about th...