MILWAUKEE (AP) — Oak Creek’s police chief says the officer who was shot multiple times after responding to a fatal shooting at a Sikh temple is improving at a Milwaukee area hospital.
Chief John Edwards said during a briefing Wednesday, August 8th Lt. Brian Murphy was sitting up and walking at Froedtert Hospital Tuesday. Police say Murphy was shot eight or nine times after he responded to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin Sunday. Murphy was tending to a victim when he was shot.
Froedtert Hospital spokeswoman Kathy Sieja said Wednesday Lt. Murphy, Baba (priest) Santokh Singh and Baba (priest) Punjab Singh are still in critical condition and in the intensive care unit.
Six people were killed by a gunman authorities have identified as 40-year-old Wade Michael Page.
Officials said during a media briefing Wednesday, Page died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at the scene Sunday.
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Two Sikh Temple priests in critical condition at Froedtert
OAK CREEK — Oak Creek police responded to shots fired at Oak Creek’s Sikh Temple and encountered 40-year-old Wade Michael Page. Page killed six and critically wounded three, before police took him down outside the temple.
The investigation thus far has uncovered Page had deep roots in the white supremacy movement — linked to a band with hate lyrics and pictured in front of a swastika.
Temple member Kirandeep Cheema says Baba (priest) Punjab Singh is one of three in critical condition at Froedtert Hospital. He’s a visiting religious leader from India, who would spend blocks of time in the U.S.
“I love him so much and when I heard I couldn’t take it so I just started crying. I see him as a father — no different,” Cheema said.
Cheema says in India, Singh would help set up schools for poor, orphaned children.
“He’s doing it purely from his heart. I pray for him,” Cheema sad.
A second temple priest, Baba Santokh Singh is also at Froedtert Hospital — also in critical condition.
The third critically wounded individual at Froedtert Hospital is Oak Creek Police Lt. Brian Murphy.'
