Oak Creek policeman Murphy released from hospital

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OAK CREEK - One of the heroes in the Oak Creek temple shootings was released from the hospital yesterday. Police lieutenant Brian Murphy was helping one of the victims outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin when he was shot up to nine times by Wade Michael Page.

The 51-year-old Murphy spent two-and-a-half weeks at Milwaukee’s Froedtert Hospital before he was sent home. Page killed six worshippers and wounded three others in the August fifth massacre. Only one of the three hospitalized survivors remains at Froedtert. Punjab Singh was still in critical condition yesterday. The shooting spree ended when Oak Creek officer Sam Lenda shot the 40-year-old Page in the chest – and Page then killed himself with a bullet to the head.

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm is reviewing Lenda’s use of his weapon – a standard procedure when an officer wounds or kills somebody. Also yesterday, Oak Creek Police released the 911 calls they received during the shootings. Screams and gunfire could be heard on some of the calls, as a dispatcher handled frantic accounts from witnesses. Some callers said Page was firing shots in the temple’s parking lot before he entered the building.

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