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Photos: Shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin

Updated 2:18 PM EDT, Thu August 9, 2012
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Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Human Rights Organization hold placards and candles during a vigil in Amritsar, India, on Tuesday, August 7, as they pay tribute to Sikh devotees killed in the U.S. The tragedy of the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting has reverberated worldwide.
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Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Human Rights Organization hold placards and candles during a vigil in Amritsar, India, on Tuesday, August 7, as they pay tribute to Sikh devotees killed in the U.S. The tragedy of the Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting has reverberated worldwide.
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Sikhs gather at Washington's Lafayette Park, across from the White House, for a Night of Remembrance of the Wisconsin Gurdwara Shootings on Wednesday, August 8. The man on the left is holding a poster of Oak Creek Police Officer Lt. Brian Murphy, who was shot multiple times as he pursued the gunman.
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Sikhs gather at Washington's Lafayette Park, across from the White House, for a Night of Remembrance of the Wisconsin Gurdwara Shootings on Wednesday, August 8. The man on the left is holding a poster of Oak Creek Police Officer Lt. Brian Murphy, who was shot multiple times as he pursued the gunman.
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Photos of the victims are displayed during a candlelight vigil Wednesday in New York's Union Square. Six people were killed in the shooting Sunday, August 5, near Milwaukee.
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Photos of the victims are displayed during a candlelight vigil Wednesday in New York's Union Square. Six people were killed in the shooting Sunday, August 5, near Milwaukee.
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A woman from the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin mourns during a candlelight vigil Tuesday, August 7, at the Oak Creek Community Center in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
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A woman from the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin mourns during a candlelight vigil Tuesday, August 7, at the Oak Creek Community Center in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
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Mourners and supporters of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin attend the vigil at the Oak Creek Community Center on Tuesday night.
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Mourners and supporters of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin attend the vigil at the Oak Creek Community Center on Tuesday night.
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Mourners continue to hold vigils such as the one Tuesday at the Oak Creek Community Center after the carnage left the local Sikh community reeling.
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Mourners continue to hold vigils such as the one Tuesday at the Oak Creek Community Center after the carnage left the local Sikh community reeling.
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Peggy Renner-Howell bows her head after laying flowers Tuesday at a makeshift memorial near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek.
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Peggy Renner-Howell bows her head after laying flowers Tuesday at a makeshift memorial near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek.
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A man visits the makeshift memorial near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Tuesday.
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A man visits the makeshift memorial near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Tuesday.
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Members of Wisconsin's Sikh community conduct a candlelight vigil on Monday, August 6, for the six people killed in suburban Milwaukee.
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Members of Wisconsin's Sikh community conduct a candlelight vigil on Monday, August 6, for the six people killed in suburban Milwaukee.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, along with members of the Sikh community, attends Monday's vigil at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin for the victims of the shooting at the Sikh temple.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, along with members of the Sikh community, attends Monday's vigil at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin for the victims of the shooting at the Sikh temple.
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Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin on Monday, August 6. The mourners pray for their neighbors killed in the attack on a Sikh temple.
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Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Sikh Religious Society of Wisconsin on Monday, August 6. The mourners pray for their neighbors killed in the attack on a Sikh temple.
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Members of the Miwaukee-area Sikh community gather to learn information about the shooting spree of Wade Michael Page, 40, on Monday, August 6 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
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Members of the Miwaukee-area Sikh community gather to learn information about the shooting spree of Wade Michael Page, 40, on Monday, August 6 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
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A member of the Miwaukee-area Sikh community weeps as he listens to information about the shooting spree.
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A member of the Miwaukee-area Sikh community weeps as he listens to information about the shooting spree.
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Harpreet Singh, left, and Amardeep Kaleka, right, whose father, temple President Satwant Kaleka, was killed in Sunday's shooting, cry during a news conference in Oak Creek.
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Harpreet Singh, left, and Amardeep Kaleka, right, whose father, temple President Satwant Kaleka, was killed in Sunday's shooting, cry during a news conference in Oak Creek.
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Amardeep Kaleka is consoled at the command center near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Monday.
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Amardeep Kaleka is consoled at the command center near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin on Monday.
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News crews report Monday from outside Page's home in Cudahy, Wisconsin.
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News crews report Monday from outside Page's home in Cudahy, Wisconsin.
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People console each other on Monday at the command center near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.
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People console each other on Monday at the command center near the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin.
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SWAT officers surround a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a gunman whom authorities identified as Wade Michael Page, 40, stormed the building and opened fire on August 5. The incident left six people and the gunman dead.
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SWAT officers surround a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where a gunman whom authorities identified as Wade Michael Page, 40, stormed the building and opened fire on August 5. The incident left six people and the gunman dead.
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SWAT officers gather in front of the temple Sunday. The attack occurred about 10:30 a.m., when temple members were reading scriptures and cooking food.
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SWAT officers gather in front of the temple Sunday. The attack occurred about 10:30 a.m., when temple members were reading scriptures and cooking food.
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People wait for information in front of the temple as law enforcement officers secure the area.
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People wait for information in front of the temple as law enforcement officers secure the area.
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Police work outside the entrance to the temple, near Milwaukee.
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Police work outside the entrance to the temple, near Milwaukee.
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Police man an armored vehicle outside the temple.
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Police man an armored vehicle outside the temple.
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A tactical officer runs to position as SWAT officers surround the temple.
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A tactical officer runs to position as SWAT officers surround the temple.
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A woman wipes away a tear outside the Sikh temple.
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A woman wipes away a tear outside the Sikh temple.
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People wait for word on family and friends in front of the Sikh temple. The Oak Creek temple, or gurdwara, opened in 2007.
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People wait for word on family and friends in front of the Sikh temple. The Oak Creek temple, or gurdwara, opened in 2007.
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Police coordinate outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, where the rampage took place.
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Police coordinate outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, where the rampage took place.
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A police officer directs people near the temple.
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A police officer directs people near the temple.
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An officer works to secure a neighborhood in Cudahy, Wisconsin, on Sunday.
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An officer works to secure a neighborhood in Cudahy, Wisconsin, on Sunday.
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Officers take cover behind a vehicle as they secure the neighborhood where the shooter is believed to have lived in Cudahy, Wisconsin.
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Officers take cover behind a vehicle as they secure the neighborhood where the shooter is believed to have lived in Cudahy, Wisconsin.
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