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Suspect in Wisconsin Sikh Shooting Connected to Fort Bragg

The former Psychological Operations soldier was discharged from the U.S. Army in 1998.

The dead suspect in Sunday's shooting at the Milwaukee-area Sikh temple is said to be a former Fort Bragg soldier.

According to a Fox News report, the heavily-tattooed ex-Army soldier was one time assigned to a psychological operations unit at Fort Bragg before being discharged from the Army in 1998.

Officials at Fort Bragg would not confirm Page's assignment at the psychological operations unit or time at Fort Bragg as of Monday morning.

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According to Fox news, Page in the U.S. Army, Page served at Fort Bliss, Texas, in the psychological operations unit in 1994, and was assigned as an E4 psychological operations specialist at Fort Bragg. 

He was reportedly discharged from the Army in 1998 "under honorable conditions," which holds a less than honorable discharge, though not as negative as a dishonorable discharge. This would still prevent a soldier from reenlisting or entering another military service.

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Before Page was shot dead by a police officer, he allegedly shot six people and left four wounded, including a police officer. The FBI is treating as an act of domestic terrorism.

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