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Sikh Temple Shooting: Ex-Soldier Wade Michael Page Identified As Gunman

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Aug. 5 2012, Published 9:00 a.m. ET

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By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Authorities Monday identified the gunman who went on a rampage at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in suburban Milwaukee Sunday, killing six people and injuring three -- he is a former Army soldier named Wade Michael Page.

Page -- who was killed by an officer after a shootout -- was described as a 6-foot-tall, bald white man with many tattoos; ABC News reported sources told them Page was a "white supremacist" and a "skinhead."

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Sources with the U.S. Army said Page enlisted in April 1992, and in October 1998, was given a less-than-honorable discharge. He had served in Fort Bliss, Texas, and Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

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Page "did not speak, he just began shooting," according to Satpal Kaleka, a member of the temple who witnessed the attack. Kaleka added Page operated like he'd mapped the plan out ahead of time.

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The three shooting victims, including a 20