Wisconsin temple gunman died of self-inflicted wound after shot by police

Authorities originally said Wade Michael Page was killed by police, but federal officials now say he took his own life

A white supremacist who killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after he was shot by a police officer, the FBI said on Wednesday.

Authorities originally said Wade Michael Page was killed by police, but federal officials now say he took his own life after being injured during an exchange of gunfire with officers.

At a news briefing in Milwaukee, FBI special agent Teresa Carlson said investigators have not yet settled on a motive for the attack at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek on Sunday.

Page, an army veteran whose record was marred by drunkenness and a failure to report for duty, walked into the temple just... [via Guardian]