Temple Shooting Victims Were Loving Family, Peaceful Community Members

While we don't know the names of all the victims from , some family members are talking about their loved ones.

Satwant Singh Kaleka is the confirmed victim, according to our media partners at Fox 6 News. He was temple president and his son, Amarkeep Kaleka, speaking with a reporter from the Journal Sentinel, described his father as deeply committed to the temple.

"He was the kind of person who, if he got a call that a bulb was out at 2 a.m., he'd go over to change it," Amarkeep Kaleka told reporters.

Police say Satwant Kaleka confronted Wade Michael Page, the suspected gunman, and was shot in the process. Satwant Kaleka died inside the temple.

Satwant Kaleka's nephew, Jatinder Mangat, 38, of Racine, told the Associated Press he got word early that his uncle had been shot. When he was told his uncle died, he said he felt, "it was like the heart just sat down."

On Facebook, Kanwardeep Kaleka, whose relationship to Satwant Kaleka is not known, posted this about Satwant Kaleka:

RIP Satwant Singh Kaleka. He was a great man with a brave soul who fought for his people and his temple until the very end. His love and dedication will never be forgotten.

Suveg Singh Khattra, 84, usually got a ride to the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin from his son, but on Sunday, his daughter-in-law, Kulwant Kaur, was his driver. In a story from jsonline.com, Kaur hid in the pantry in the kitchen where several women were preparing the weekly meal. As she exited the temple, she saw Khattra lying on the floor, bleeding.

"He loved to come to the temple and talk to people. He speaks only Punjab. He's a nice father," Khattra's son, Baljander Singh Khattra, told the JS.

Devendar Nagra's sister escaped injury at the temple by hiding in the closet with other women and children. Nagra, 48, of Mount Pleasant, told the Associated Press that no one ever thought this could happen.

“We never thought this could happen to our community,” he said. "“We never did anything wrong to anyone.”

Parkesh Singh, a priest at the temple, had recently reunited his family, bringing his wife and children from India to be with him here.

"He was a good guy, a noble soul," said Manminder Sethi, a dentist who is a member of the temple in the jsonline.com report.

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