An Army veteran who neighbors say played in a far-right punk band was the lone shooter in the rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin that killed six people and wounded four , according to information Monday from law enforcement authorities . Wade Michael Page , 40 , was shot to death by police responding to the Sunday morning attack in the Milwaukee suburb of Oak Creek , the community 's chief of police told reporters . A long history of bias crimes against Sikhs . Sunday 's attack occurred 16 days after a gunman killed 12 people and wounded scores in a Colorado movie theater , reigniting the gun-control debate in the United States . `` These kinds of terrible and tragic events are happening with too much regularity for us not do some soul-searching and examine additional ways that we can prevent '' such violence , President Barack Obama told reporters when asked about the Wisconsin shooting at a White House bill-signing ceremony . However , New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg criticized Obama and certain Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney for not advocating tougher laws to prevent dangerous people from obtaining guns . `` The fact that criminals , terrorists and other mentally ill people have access to guns is a national crisis , '' Bloomberg said during a visit to a Sikh community center in Queens . Bernard Zapor -- the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives special agent in the investigation -- said Monday that the 9mm semiautomatic handgun with multiple ammunition magazines used by the attacker had been legally purchased . Page bought the gun on July 28 at the Shooters Shop in West Allis , Wisconsin , and picked it up two days later , according to a law enforcement official . The suspect bought ammunition there and used the shop 's range at some point , said the official . The gunman shot people inside and outside the Sikh house of worship , including a police officer , Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said . Another police officer with a rifle then shot the gunman , who died at the scene . Read Obama 's statement on the Wisconsin shooting . While authorities said Page was the only gunman , they also had been looking for another man spotted at the crime scene Sunday who left before anyone could identify him . On Monday , the FBI 's Paul Bresson said the man being sought had been `` located , interviewed and cleared . '' Edwards said authorities were still in contact with that person . According to Edwards and the FBI , authorities have received tips that Page might have links to the white supremacist movement , but nothing had been confirmed . `` I do n't want to use that term ( white supremacist ) until we want to put it out there for sure , '' Edwards said Monday night . `` That 's not something I can take back . '' Authorities are following up on numerous leads and are still reviewing exterior videos of the temple , Edwards told CNN 's `` AC360 . '' Investigators have n't identified a known motive , he said . Two neighbors of Page identified him in photos that showed him playing in the far-right punk band `` End Apathy , '' and the nephew of the slain president of the Sikh temple said the attacker had a 9/11 tattoo on his arm . Teresa Carlson , the FBI special agent in charge of the investigation of Sunday 's shooting , said no motive for the attack has been established . The FBI was looking into whether it was domestic terrorism , which is the use of violence for political or social gain , Carlson said . `` We are looking at ties to white supremacist groups , '' Carlson told a news conference , adding there was no active investigation of Page prior to Sunday 's attack . According to a man who described himself as an old Army buddy of Page 's , the attacker talked about `` racial holy war '' when they served together in the 1990s . Christopher Robillard of Oregon , who said he lost contact with Page more than a decade ago , added that when Page would rant , `` it would be about mostly any non-white person . '' `` He did n't seem like the type of person to go out and hurt people , '' Robillard said . `` He would talk about it all the time , but it was more like he was waiting for the ... revolution to start . '' Page , born on Veterans Day in 1971 , joined the Army in 1992 and left the service in 1998 , according to Army spokesman George Wright . His service was marked by `` patterns of misconduct , '' though he received an honorable discharge , according to a Pentagon official . The suspect did have a criminal record , Edwards said . A background check showed Page had separate convictions for DUI in Colorado in 1999 and for criminal mischief in Texas in 1994 . A federal law enforcement official told CNN that investigators interviewed a former girlfriend of Page . The woman said the pair had recently broken up , and she told investigators she had no indication Page planned such an attack . She provided the names of friends and associates of Page , the official said . Page 's family said it was `` devastated by the horrific events , '' according to the Journal Sentinel newspaper . `` While there can be no words of comfort that will make sense of what happened that day , please be aware that our thoughts and prayers go out to all the victims and their families , '' the family said in a text message , according to the newspaper . `` We share in their grief for all who lost their lives that day and for those survivors , we hope for a speedy recovery . We have been cooperating and will continue to cooperate with the investigation in any way we can . Please respect our privacy as we try to deal with the tragic loss of life and family . '' Obama noted Monday that the motive for attack had yet to be determined , but if it turns out to be based on the ethnicity of the worshipers , `` I think the American people immediately recoil from those kinds of attitudes . '' Because of their customary beards and turbans , Sikh men are often confused with Muslims , and they have been the targets of hate crimes since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington . The six victims of Sunday 's attack were identified by police as five men -- Sita Singh , 41 ; Ranjit Singh , 49 ; Satwant Singh Kaleka , 65 ; Prakash Singh , 39 , and Suveg Singh , 84 -- and one woman , 41-year-old Paramjit Kaur . Photos : Shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin . Two other Sikh victims remained hospitalized in critical condition , while a third was treated and released , Edwards said . Prayer vigils were held Monday night in the Milwaukee metropolitan area , with another scheduled for Tuesday evening . The wounded police officer , identified as 51-year-old Lt. Brian Murphy , also was in critical condition , the police chief said . Edwards told CNN 's `` Erin Burnett OutFront '' that Murphy had a `` promising , '' but long , recovery ahead . The officer suffered nine gunshot wounds . Terror , tragedy for tight-knit Sikh community . One of the dead , Prakash Singh , was a priest who recently immigrated to the United States with his wife and two young children , said Justice Singh Khalsa , a temple member since the 1990s . Relatives of Kaleka , the president of the temple in Oak Creek , Wisconsin , said that he was killed fighting the attacker . `` From what we understand , he basically fought to the very end and suffered gunshot wounds while trying to take down the gunman , '' said Kanwardeep Singh Kaleka , his nephew . Kaleka said those inside the gurdwara , or Sikh house of worship , described the attacker as a bald white man , dressed in a white T-shirt and black pants and with the 9/11 tattoo on one arm , which `` implies to me that there 's some level of hate crime there . '' Belief Blog : Who are Sikhs ? While officials try to piece together what prompted the man to go on his shooting spree , America 's Sikh community struggled to come to grips with the brutal attack . A Sikh human rights group said it would give a $ 10,000 reward to Murphy , the police officer wounded in the attack . `` Our government must take urgent steps to educate the country about the Sikh population and help put an end to these horrific and deadly acts of violence , '' said a statement by the group , Sikhs for Justice . Kaleka was horrified to have such violence occur at his place of worship , especially so soon after the 12 killings at a screening of the Batman movie `` The Dark Knight Rises '' in Aurora , Colorado . `` You 're talking about Aurora one minute , and the next minute it 's you and your family , '' Kaleka said . Meanwhile in India , the birthplace of Sikhism , Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he was `` shocked and saddened '' by the shooting . `` That this senseless act of violence should be targeted at a place of religious worship is particularly painful , '' Singh , himself a Sikh , said . The country 's main Sikh political party , the Shiromani Akali Dal , held a demonstration in New Delhi 's embassy district Monday to protest . Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke by phone with India 's foreign minister , and U.S . Ambassador Nancy Powell met with Sikh community leaders in New Delhi and visited the largest Sikh temple in the city , said State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell . Sunday 's attack occurred about 10:30 a.m. , when temple members were reading scriptures and cooking food in preparation for the main Sunday service and community lunch . The temple has more than 350 members . According to witnesses , the gunman started shooting in the parking lot , killing at least one person . He then entered the temple and continued firing , they said . Police spent Sunday night searching the shooter 's home in nearby Cudahy , a short distance from the temple . Political leaders at the national , state and local level offered condolences for the killings and declared solidarity with the Sikh community . Obama ordered U.S flags flown at half-staff through Friday `` as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence . '' In a statement Sunday , Obama said the United States had been `` enriched '' by Sikhs , and that his administration `` will provide whatever support is necessary to the officials who are responding to this tragic shooting and moving forward with an investigation . '' Romney , meanwhile , called the slayings `` a senseless act of violence and a tragedy that should never befall any house of worship . '' Romney : A 'senseless act of violence ' The United States is home to about 700,000 Sikhs , nearly all of Indian origin , according to the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund . The men are easily identifiable by their beards and turbans , a tradition that 's lasted for 500 years . 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Motive has not been identified , police chief says . Suspect bought gun recently , says law enforcement official . A former Army buddy says Wade Michael Page , 40 , talked of `` racial holy war '' Family of suspect says it is `` devastated , '' in prayer for victims .