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Police officer 'among injured' in Wisconsin shooting | |
(40 minutes later) | |
Police have confirmed that a shooting has taken place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek in the US state of Wisconsin. | |
A police spokesman said an officer had been shot multiple times but was expected to survive. There are reports of other casualties but no confirmed numbers. | |
The spokesman said one suspect had been shot, but another gunman might still be on the loose inside the temple. | |
"This is an ongoing and very fluid situation," he said. | |
Local police said that a call had been made to them at about 10:30 local time (15:30 GMT). | |
Police have corralled journalists outside the temple and urged them not to broadcast aerial footage that could compromise the operation. | |
Oak Creek is a town of about 30,000 people in the south-east corner of the state. | Oak Creek is a town of about 30,000 people in the south-east corner of the state. |
'Many injured' | |
Parminder Kaleka, who was waiting outside the temple, told the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel that she had phoned her brother-in-law - who she said was the priest of the temple - who was inside "at that time [the] shooting happened". | |
"He told me 25 or more people got shot, at that time they don't even know if they are dead or alive, so a lot of people got injured." | |
She said she had heard her brother-in-law had also been shot, and said desperate families were gathered outside the temple waiting for news. | |
"This is a big tragedy for our church," she said, saying everyone had always assumed it would be a place of safety. | |
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