Wisconsin Shooting: Several People Killed After Shots Fired At Sikh Temple

Report: Residence Being Searched Was Vacant Until Recently
NewsHub    @ NewsHub : Woman in Cudahy neighborhood where FBI is searching a duplex says residence had been vacant until recently. #templeshooting

6:50 PM – Today
'Our Society Is Based On Freedoms Of Religion'

A statement by the Milwaukee Jewish Federation:

    "The Milwaukee Jewish community stands in solidarity with the Sikh community, and we offer assistance to the community, especially to the families of the victims. While we don't know many details at this point, this may well be an intentional attack on the Sikhs which would make the massacre even more heinous. Our society is based on freedoms of religion and due process of law. We hope that law enforcement will find and hold accountable all parties involved in this senseless and shocking tragedy."

6:46 PM – Today
HuffPost Blogger: 'Fear And Negativity Are Foreign To Our Vocabulary'
HuffPost blogger Simran Jeet Singh weighs in:

    As a Sikh, I believe that people are inherently good. Our faith instills a sense of perpetual optimism, and our traditions teach us to always make the best of a tough situation.

    Fear and negativity are foreign to our vocabulary. Sikhs are not a God-fearing people; we are God-loving.

    The commitment to love and optimism shapes the way that Sikhs interact with their societies, and I'm concerned that becoming cynical and negative might lead us down a slippery slope.

    So I am making a conscious decision. I am refusing to accept that human beings are malicious and hateful, and I am rejecting the notion that we need to live in fear.

6:43 PM – Today
Police Evacuate Homes In Area North Of Sikh Temple

From the AP:

    CUDAHY, Wis. — Police in Wisconsin have evacuated homes in a Milwaukee suburb northeast of the Sikh temple where an unknown gunman killed six Sunday morning.

    The evacuations are in Cudahy, which is about six miles from the temple in Oak Creek.

    Police have roped off four blocks in a neighborhood with a mix of duplexes and single-family homes, as well as one house.

    FBI agents are there with an armored truck, a trailer and other vehicles. Other law enforcement officers are there too, along with a police dog.

    Fifty-eight-year-old Ken Kacner lives about a block from the house that police have targeted.

    Kacner says neighborhood has changed over the years and has become more dangerous.