derrick blakely in eek creek, wisconsin.wjz" "eyewitness news." >> >> this is specially alarming to the hundreds of sikh that worship here. derrick is live in the newsroom with reaction. >> reporter: a nightmare come true. worry that the wisconsin residents were targeted because of their faith. here at this temple in randallstown. prayer for the wisconsin shooting victims. >> our deepest sympathies to the families of the victim and to the police officer who was wounded. >> >> reporter: the sikh as here say they are often mistaken for muslims because of their appearance. >> ever since 9/11, communities feel this type of things could happen anywhere any time. >> reporter: the civil rights group based out of washington, sikh coalition. since 9/11, alarming increase in several harassments, even violence against them across the country. >> there are perceptions out there because of the articles of faith because of a tower ban and a beard that people misunderstand. we are not al-qaida. >> reporter: these sikh's have opened their t

let's begin with derrick blakely. he brings us the latest developments from oak creek, wisconsin. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. team officers and several police officers swarmed a sikh temple after a gunman allegedly killed six people and wounded three others. >> because of the heroic actions of our officers, they stopped this from being worse than it could have been. >> reporter: police say the suspect ambushed a 20-year veteran of the oak creek police department before back-ups stepped in. >> another officer on scene was engaged by the suspect. our officer did engage that individual. and that individual is deceased. >> witnesses here at the sikh temple ever wisconsin say the shootings started around 10:30 as worshippers gathered for sunday morning services. >> there was one guy outside. he just bang, four shots, and he just went inside. i was just hiding. >> reporter: people already inside the temple also looked for places to stay safe. >> my mom called my cousin. she said that her and 15 others locked themselves in a pantr