The latest coverage of the Sikh temple shootings that happened Sunday, August 5, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.More >> The latest coverage of the Sikh temple shootings that occurred Sunday, August 5, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. More >> Hospital officials say the wounded police officer and the two others injured in the temple shooting rampage are still in critical condition and in the intensive care unit.More >> Hospital officials say the wounded police officer and the two others injured in the temple shooting rampage are still in critical condition and in the intensive care unit.More >> The Oak Creek police chief says the six people killed after a gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple ranged in age from 39 to 84 years old.More >> The Oak Creek police chief says the six people killed after a gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple ranged in age from 39 to 84 years old.More >> Sources have identified the gunman in the Sikh temple shooting as a man named Wade Michael Page.More >> Sources have identified the gunman in the Sikh temple shooting as a man named Wade Michael Page.More >> Monday, Governor Scott Walker ordered flags to half-staff to remember and mourn the tragic events at Oak Creek.More >> Monday, Governor Scott Walker ordered flags to half-staff to remember and mourn the tragic events at Oak Creek.More >>
MILWAUKEE (WKOW) -- The FBI has spoken with a man earlier considered a person of interest in the Sikh temple shootings near Milwaukee and ruled him out as being connected with the rampage that left six worshipers dead.
The FBI asked for the public's help Monday in finding a man who was at the scene of the Sunday shooting. They showed his picture of at a news conference.
Hours later, FBI spokesman Leonard Peace said the person had been identified, interviewed and ruled out as being connected to the shooting. Peace did not have any other details.
The shooter has been identified as 40-year-old Wade Michael Page. He was shot and killed by an Oak Creek police officer.
The FBI has said Page acted alone.
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OAK CREEK (WKOW) -- Federal officials have named a "person of interest" in the Oak Creek Sikh temple shooting where a lone gunman killed six people.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Teresa Carlson did not release the name of the man, but said he was a person of interest.
Officials say he came to the scene after the shooting.
FBI officials ask you to call 1-800-CALL-FBI if you have any information about the person of interest.
