FOX6 News has photos of Wade Michael Page, alleged mass murderer at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek.
As you can see, the 40-year-old had a lot of tattoos. He was a musician. Barring some undisclosed mental illness, he was evil.
From ABC News:
Page was described by authorities today as an Army veteran who left the service with a general discharge following a "pattern of misconduct," including being AWOL and drunk while on duty. The terms of his discharge would not allow him to reenlist.
...Page, 40, served in the Army from April 1992 through October 1998, during which he was demoted from sergeant to specialist.
While in the Army Wade served in Ft. Bliss in Texas and at Ft. Bragg in North Carolina. Wade's job was as a Hawk missile system repairman, and he then became a psychological operations specialist, defense official confirmed to ABC news.
The ex-soldier is believed to be the gunman who opened fire on people at the Sikh temple around 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning and killed six people. The victims ranged in age from 39 to 84.
He also ambushed police Lt. Brian Murphy, shooting him eight or nine times, Edwards said. Murphy is expected to survive. Two other gunshot victims are in critical condition, police said.
Page was shot dead by police when he was ordered to drop his weapon and began firing at them instead.
Police have not given any details on the motive of the shooter, but Teresa Carlson, the FBI's special agent in charge, said today, "We are looking at ties to white supremacist groups."
Earlier, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco; Firearms Special Agent Thomas Ahern said Page had tattoos that suggested he had ties to white supremacists.
Page is fronted a white supremacist rock band called End Apathy, according to watchdog group the Southern Poverty Law Center.
SPLC also determined that in 2000, Page attempted to purchase goods from the neo-Nazi group the National Alliance, described as America's then "most important hate group."
In 2010, Page gave an interview to white-power website Label 56. Page wrote songs with titles like "Self Destruct" and "Usefull [sic] Idiots."
"The inspiration was based on frustration that we have the potential to accomplish so much more as individuals and a society in whole," Page told Label 56.
Apparently, Page was not affiliated with the Tea Party.
Brian Ross must be so disappointed.
Here's video from, ABC News:
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