Sikh religious leaders had gathered in the lobby of the sprawling Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee, and lunch was being prepared as congregants were arriving for Sunday services, Steven Yaccino, Michael Schwirtz and Marc Santora wrote in The New York Times. Instead of worshipers, though, an armed man stepped through the door and started firing, killing six people.
“In an attack that the police said they were treating as ‘a domestic terrorist-type incident,' the gunman stalked through the temple around 10:30 a.m.,†Mr. Yaccino, Mr. Schwirtz and Mr.Santora wrote. “Congregants ran for shelter and barricaded themselves in bathrooms and prayer halls, where they made desperate phone calls and sent anguished texts pleading for help as confusion and fear took hold.â€
Witnesses described a scene of chaos and carnage.
Jatinder Mangat, 40, who was on his way to the te mple when he heard reports about the shooting, said he had tried to call his uncle, the temple's president, but reached the head priest, Gurmail Singh, instead. “He was crying. Everyone was screaming,†Mr. Mangat said. “He said that my uncle was shot and was lying on the floor and asked why you guys are not sending an ambulance and police.â€
Mr. Singh, he said, had locked himself in a bathroom with four other people, including two children.
Six people were killed and three others were wounded on Sunday at the 17,000-square-foot Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, a city of about 35,000 just south of Milwaukee, officials said.
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