Sikh temple attacker was a ex-US army staffer

Wade Michael Page, who was himself shot dead by police during the incident, was a 40-year-old who had served between April 1992 and October 1998, ending his career at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.He received his basic training in Fort Sill, Oklahoma before being moved to Fort Bliss in Texas. Fort Bragg, where he finished his career, is home to many of the US Armys airborne units and its Special Operations Command.According to the Pentagon, Page was a qualified parachutist who received a commendation medal, five achievement medals, two good conduct medals, the National Defense Service Medal and a Humanitarian Service Medal.But he left with the relatively junior enlisted rank of Specialist E-4.US investigators were hunting for answers on Monday after a former psy-ops soldier attacked at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and killed six people before he was shot dead by police.Officials identified the slain suspect as Wade Michael Page, a 40-year-old white male formerly attached to the US Army base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina as a psychological operations specialist.Page served between April 1992 and October 1998, and was a qualified parachutist who received two good conduct awards and a National Defense Service Medal but never won significant promotion.FBI agents and local police were investigating Pages supposed address in Cudahy, a suburb of Milwaukee just four kilometers (2.5 miles) north of the suburban Sikh temple that was targeted in Sundays attack.An AFP reporter in Cudahy saw heavily armed officers mounted in the basket on the ladder of a fire truck observing a house from above, while more police cordoned off the neighborhood as a precaution.Police have said they are investigating the shootings as a domestic terrorism type incident but have not spoken publicly about the shooters motives, amid reports that he had white supremacist tattoos.While the FBI is investigating whether this matter might be an act of domestic terrorism, no motive has been determined at this time, Special Agent in Charge Teresa Carlson said in a statement.Three men, including a member of a police unit called to the scene on Sunday, were reported to be in critical condition with gunshot wounds.The killings were condemned by US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who said he was deeply shocked and saddened.