Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting
| Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Sikh Temple of Wisconsin 7512 S. Howell Avenue Oak Creek, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 42°54′29″N 87°54′39″W / 42.90806°N 87.91083°W |
| Date | August 5, 2012 10:25 a.m. (CDT) |
| Target | Worshippers at a Sikh temple |
Attack type | Mass shooting, murder-suicide, mass murder, domestic terrorism, hate crime |
| Weapons | 9mm Springfield XD(M) semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 8 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Wade Michael Page |
| Motive | White supremacy |
The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting was a mass shooting that took place at the gurdwara (Sikh temple) in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, on August 5, 2012, when 40-year-old Wade Michael Page fatally shot six people and wounded four others. A seventh victim died of his wounds in 2020. Page committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
Page was an American white supremacist and Army veteran from Cudahy, Wisconsin. Apart from the shooter, all of the dead were members of the Sikh faith. The incident drew responses from President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Dignitaries attended candlelight vigils in countries such as the U.S., Canada, and India. First Lady Michelle Obama visited the temple on August 23, 2012.