Posted on 08/06/2012 3:01:32 PM PDT by JerseyanExile
Amardeep Kaleka was not surprised his father tried to stop a gunman at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
"It's an amazing act of heroism, but it's also exactly who he was," Amardeep said of Satwant Singh Kaleka, 65, one of six community members killed Sunday. "There was no way in God's green Earth that he would allow somebody to come in and do that without trying his best to stop it."
The six killed in Sunday's attack were identified by police as five men -- Kaleka, president of the temple in Oak Creek; Sita Singh, 41; Ranjit Singh, 49; Prakash Singh, 39, and Suveg Singh, 84 -- and one woman, 41-year-old Paramjit Kaur.
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.
Amardeep Kaleka told CNN Milwaukee affiliate WTMJ on Monday morning that the FBI told him his father attacked the shooter in the lobby, resulting in a "blood struggle." A knife close to the victim's body showed blood on it, he said.
"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, Satwant's nephew.
Satwant Kaleka's wife hid in a closet with several other women, telling them to remain quiet during the horrific incident.
"My father did his best to protect the temple, but also my family and his wife and all his friends and people that were there," Amardeep Kaleka told WTMJ. "He slowed the shooter enough so other people could get to safety." Suveg Singh spent every day at the temple, said his granddaughter, Sandeep Khattra.
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Not surprised. Sikhs are famous for their bravery. Good people to have on your side. Little did the psycho skinhead know that Sikhs don’t have much use for Muslims either. What a tragedy, to lose such good people to another evil creature!
I heard that the shooter was a friend of Harry Reid.
I agree with your comments.
What an absolute fool this guy was.
This was a real shame on a number of levels.
Another American hero. They come in all shapes and colors.
Another real hero. Gave his life that others might live.
That’s right. He was one of the good ones. Hate losing even one of those.
Fortunate shooter was a racist white supremist skin head
and not member of evil Tea Party........
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