As the nation held candlelight vigils to remember the victims of
Sunday's rampage in a Wisconsin gurdwara, investigators asserted that
the gunman acted alone even as they pursued 101 leads.
Investigations
so far show that discharged army veteran Wade Michael Page, who killed
six worshippers at the Oak Creek Sikh gurdwara acted alone, but they
continue to investigate in part because of his ties to
white-supremacist groups, FBI said Wednesday.
"I want to
reiterate again that after all of this work we still have identified no
one else responsible for this shooting other than him," FBI Special Agent in Charge Teresa Carlson said at a press conference at the FBI office here.
"We also have not clearly defined his motive at this point," she was cited as saying by Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Authorities
are pursuing 101 leads worldwide and have issued 180 grand jury
subpoenas, Carlson said. The investigation has included more than 100
interviews that have occurred with Page's family members, associates,
neighbours and employers nationwide.
Authorities also are
reviewing Page's email and telephone records, state Department of
Transportation video and neighbourhood security video, she said.
Citing
evidence, including videotape, Carlson also made a dramatic
announcement that Page shot and killed himself after he was wounded by
an Oak Creek police officer.
Authorities previously said Page
died after he was shot by a police officer after the gunman refused
commands to drop his weapon and fired at officers. They did not mention
the self-inflicted wound until Wednesday.
That officer shot Page
in the stomach, "thereby neutralising the threat", Carlson said, noting:
"I've seen the video, it was an amazing shot. And thank goodness."
"Subsequent to that wound, it appears that Page died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head," Carlson said.
Steven
Conley, assistant special agent in charge of national security for the
FBI, said: "We may never know why he chose that facility at that point
in time...That may have died with Page."
Carlson said Page
likely came to the Milwaukee area because of a girlfriend, Misty Cook,
31, who lived here and who may have shared his white power beliefs.
Cook
was arrested Sunday after a gun was found at their rented apartment
where she continued living after she and Page broke up in June. He
moved to a duplex in Cudahy, which also was searched.
But officials said they believe Cook, who also has ties to white-supremacist groups, had no role in the shootings.
Gurdwara shooter acted alone: FBI
