Sikh Temple Shooter Committed Suicide

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Michael Wade Page, the white supremacist who shot and killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin on August 5, committeed suicide, Reuters reports:

Michael Wade Page, 40, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after he killed six worshippers and wounded three others as they prepared for Sunday services at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek on August 5. Investigators initially thought a responding officer killed Page with a gunshot to the stomach.

The report by the Milwaukee County medical examiner also shed light on Page’s disposition leading up to the shooting. Page’s sister, Kimberly Van Buskirk, told investigators that her brother had a history of alcohol problems and appeared somewhat bloated during the months before the shooting. She suggested to investigators that he had been drinking.

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