The gunman who killed six people inside a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and was killed in a police shootout was identified as 40-year-old army veteran Wade Michael Page, officials said on Aug. 6, 2012. A civil rights group identified him as a "frustrated neo-Nazi" who led a white supremacist music group. Police called the Aug. 5 attack an act of domestic terrorism. The FBI said there was no reason to think anyone else was involved in the attack, and they were not aware of any past threat made against the temple. Page was discharged from the army in 1998 and declared ineligible to re-enlist, according to a U.S. defense official. This photo of Wade was released by the FBI following a press conference Aug. 6.
Officials and witnesses said the gunman walked into the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and opened fire as several dozen people prepared for Sunday morning services. Six were killed, and three were critically wounded. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said the gunman used a legally purchased 9mm handgun and multiple magazines of ammunition. Wade was identified in this photo by the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights agency that fights anti-Semitism.
Wade was identified in this photo by the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights agency that fights anti-Semitism.
Wade was identified in this photo by the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights agency that fights anti-Semitism.
Wade was identified in this photo by the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights agency that fights anti-Semitism.
Wade was identified in this photo by the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights agency that fights anti-Semitism.
Wade was identified in this photo by the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights agency that fights anti-Semitism.
Wade was identified in this photo by the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights agency that fights anti-Semitism.
Wade was identified in this photo by the Anti-Defamation League, a civil rights agency that fights anti-Semitism.
Members of the Sikh community attend a press conference on the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin where yesterday a gunman fired upon people at service Aug. 6, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wis.
Members of the Miwaukee area Sikh community speak to a police officer near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug. 6, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wis.
Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards (R) along with a member of the Sikh Church names victims of the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug. 6, 2012.
Members of the Sikh community along with other mourners attend a special service at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin for the victims of the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug. 6, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wis.
A member of the Sikh community attends a special service at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin for the victims of the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug. 6, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wis.
Members of the Sikh community attend a press conference on the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin where yesterday a gunman fired upon people at service on Aug., 6, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wis.
Members of the Sikh community along with other mourners attend a candle light vigil at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin for the victims of the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug. 6, 2012.
Members of the Sikh community along with other mourners attend a special service at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin for the victims of the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug. 6, 2012.
Amardeep Kaleka whose father, Satwant Singh Kalek was killed, is consoled at the command center near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug. 6, 2012.
People console each other at the command center near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin where a gunman fired upon people on Aug. 6, 2012.
A member of the Sikh community prays during a special service at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin for the victims of the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Aug. 6, 2012.