Browsing Tag: Shooting

August 5th, 2015 marks the three-year anniversary of the shooting inside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek. On that tragic day, six people lost their lives, and four others were injured when Wade Page opened fire on a sunny Sunday morning. This weekend, memorial events are planned to honor the victims who lost their lives in this shooting.

Perhaps I may not get my wish for Baba Punjab Singh to recover, however he has taught me so much about walking the talk of the Guru's teachings. Gently, quietly with every last breath, he continues to impact the lives of others. Silently, I speak to him with gratitude for being purely chardi kala, ever rising spirit.

Management Committee of Walnut Gurdwara held a prayer vigil for the US marine victims of terrorist shooting at Chattanooga, Tennessee

Satpal Singh was inside the Westgate shopping mall in the Kenyan capital Nairobi when gunmen opened fire. He describes how he helped to lead some of the trapped people to safety,...

The deadliest attack to hit Kenya since the 1998 U.S. embassy bombing started around 12:30 p.m. local time Saturday.

Gurvinder Singh approached his father's open coffin with one thought: "Please, god, it's not my dad."

Whites might actually have to start distancing themselves from white supremacy.

Since his 6-year-old daughter was killed in the Connecticut school shooting, Robbie Parker has been encouraging people to try to find peace in tragedy.

Wade Michael Page spent is believed to have been radicalized by online forums and sites dedicated to white supremacy in months prior to shooting

We humbly request your support in assisting this family during this financially and psychologically distressing time, in the true Sikh spirit of seva.

FOX 6 reported this month that the final FBI report hasn't been released, and families are looking for more about what happened inside the temple when a gunman opened fire the morning of Aug. 5.

“The final report on the Sikh Temple shooting that occurred in August of 2012 hasn’t yet been released, and now, eyes are turned to the FBI for more extensive information on that other horrible Sunday”

Caring so deeply about the Sikh community and backlash we and other... individuals and families experienced after 9/11 propelled me towards a career path where I could advocate and speak on behalf of not only the Sikh community but other minorities in this nation that have been the targets of bias and discrimination.

President Obama declared on Wednesday that he would make gun control a “central issue” as he opens his second term, promising to submit broad new firearm proposals to Congress no later than January and to employ the full power of his office to overcome deep-seated political resistance.

I would like to respond to the mass shooting in Newport, Connecticut as I did with the mass shooting in Oak Creek, Wisconsin four months ago - I still refuse a life driven by fear and negativity, and I still retain my faith that humans are not hateful and malicious.

“we never talked to them about this kind of situation but I think God gave them wisdom.”

A Sikh priest injured in an August shooting rampage at his Milwaukee-area temple has been transferred from the hospital to a long-term care facility.

As the Sikh community in the US makes efforts to recover from the tragedy of the Gurudwara shooting, a Harvard professor has said Sikhs have emerged as a role model for Americans who can learn from the dignity and generosity the community.

Sikh community is pleased that the First Lady Michelle Obama will be visiting the victims of the shootings in Wisconsin Sikh Temple next week. She is expected to meet with the families of the victims.

"No Sikh should be afraid to wear this headdress. No Sikh should be afraid to practice their peaceful religion because they believe someone will attack them," the Sacramento Democrat, wearing a purple turban, said.

Each time she visits the intensive care unit, she said, she recalls the day her grandfather walked out the door to join his friend Singh for their afternoon stroll. "I wish I had the ability to press a button and go back to that day and just tell my grandpa to stay home," she said, her eyes filled with tears.

A top California lawmaker expressed outrage Sunday over the "cowardly and despicable" shootings of two Sikh men on an afternoon stroll and asked that a day be chosen for the community to demonstrate solidarity. "Let us pick a day together when we are all Sikh Americans, we are all Californians and we all stand together,"

Elk Grove Police Chief Robert Lehner said in a statement: "We have no evidence to indicate there was a hate or bias motivation for this crime; however, the obvious Sikh appearance of the men, including the traditional Dastar headwear and lack of any other apparent motive, increasingly raise that possibility."

Crowd catches suspect right after the Sacramento killing.

Sikhs shoot outside the Sacramento Sikh temple while attenting regional sikh sports tournament.