At least two people with gunshot wounds was taken to hospital. The shooting occurred a few weeks after the attack in Colorado that caused 12 deaths. A police spokesman, Bradley Wentlandt, said an officer had been shot several times by the perpetrators of that crime. Wendlandt said police were injured were undergoing surgery as a "civilian" is also being treated for gunshot wounds. Wentlandt also said one suspect had been shot but the other players expected to remain in hiding in the temple.
"This incident is still ongoing and it may still be happening," Wendlandt said. An officer at the local police office said they received calls for help around 10:30 local time. So far police have given the line to prevent residents and journalists outside the scene and the banning of aerial cameraman broadcast images that could endanger the operation of the handling of the shooting incident. Many of the victims Oak Creek itself is a city with a population of about 30 thousand people and is located in the southeastern United States. A resident named, Parminde Kaleka who was waiting outside the temple told the newspaper Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentine when talking on the phone with my brother-in-law who is a priest at the temple, said the shooting is ongoing.
"He said there were about 25 people or more a shot at it and he did not know whether they died or survived, many people who were injured in the incident." He also heard his brother-in-law was involved and said the current shot his family was anxiously waiting for news of police certainty. "This is a great tragedy for our places of worship," said Kaleka. Prior to this incident all men think that their temple was the safest place.