A day after people were killed in Oak Creek, Wis., as they prepared to worship in a Sikh temple, details about the dispatched shooter are emerging.
Investigators say 40-year-old Wade Michael Page was responsible for the act of domestic terrorism, but his motive is still a mystery.
After a day marked by chaos and mourning, police answered many questions about what happened on Sunday in the suburb near Milwaukee.
Page was veteran of the U.S. Army who served from 1992 to 1998 before he was generally discharged and not allowed to re-enlist. He had never been deployed, but he obtained the rank of sergeant before he was demoted.
Military officials say Page began his career with the military as a repairman for the Hawk missile system before he began training to become a psychological operations specialist and was assigned to a battalion at Fort Bragg in North Carolina.
The Associated Press reported Page was demoted in June 1998 after he got drunk on duty and went AWOL, but no additional details were given.
Page, who is believed to be the only shooter, was strongly associated with the white supremacist movement and has been described as a "frustrated neo-Nazi" who played guitar in white power bands called Definite Hate and End Apathy.
The Southern Poverty Law Center had been tracking Page for the past decade, but law enforcement officials said they had "no reason to believe he was planning or capable of such violence."
Page entered the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin at 10:15 a.m. on Sunday. He was armed with a 9-millimiter handgun and began firing at priests in the lobby before moving through the temple and shooting at worshipers who were gathering for Sunday services. Six people were killed.
The first officer on the scene, 51-year-old Lt. Brian Murphy, was helping a victim in the parking let when Page turned his gun on him and shot the officer eight or nine times at close range. Murphy remains in critical but stable condition following surgery.
When more officers arrived, they commanded Page to put down his gun. Instead, he kept shooting, hitting squad cars and shattering a windshield. Officers returned fire, killing Page in the process.
Police say they are still looking for a person of interest who was spotted at the shooting scene and looked suspicious. He left before anyone could speak with him.
Two others who were injured in the shooting are still in critical condition. It's estimated that about 35 people were in the temple at the time, but as many as 150 could have been inside if Page had arrived just 15 minutes later.
