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7 killed at Sikh temple in Milwaukee suburb

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- At least seven people were killed, including a suspected gunman, in a shooting Sunday at a Sikh temple in a Milwaukee suburb, according to local police.

Four bodies were found inside and two other victims were outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, about 10 miles south of Milwaukee, police said.

Greenfield Police Chief Bradley Wentlandt, who was acting as a spokesman for Oak Creek police, said the first officer on the scene exchanged fire with a male shooter and was hit with bullets. The officer was undergoing surgery on Sunday, but was expected to live although his injuries are serious.

The second officer on the scene shot and killed the gunman.

At least one victim was at a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said.

A temple member told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the shooter, a white male in his 30s, walked up to a priest who was standing outside and shot him, and then went inside.

The Joint Terrorism Task Force, which is a collection of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, arrived on the scene in the afternoon, the newspaper reported.

The shooting occurred as members of the congregation were preparing for services, The Wall Street Journal reported. The congregation was founded in 1997 and has about 400 members, the Journal reported, citing information from the group's website.