names. they were members of the sikh temple. wade michael page appeared, took out a nine millimeter pistol and opened fire. this is a facebook picture of him. yes, that is a swastika of him. tonight the latest on efforts to pin down any and all hate group connections he may have had. earlier today, president obama reacted to that possibility. i think the american people imdiately recoil against those kinds of attitudes. and i think it will be very important for us to reaffirm once again that in this country regardless of what we look like, where we come from, who we worship, we are all one people. and we look after one another, and we respect one another. mitt romney called the shooting a tragedy that should never befall any house of worship. nationwide, there s been increased security at many sikh semples. we ll talk to local leaders that are worried that this may happen across the nation. as always, focus as much as we can on who the victims were. what their lives were
tackle the victim. six victims dead along with the gunman. david mattingly, what is the latest? reporter: well, here s what we know this morning. we have a law enforcement source who is involved in the investigation telling us that the shooter was an army veteran and at one time it was believed to be a white supremacist. we know the witnesses at the temple describe him as a white male, bald, wearing a t-shirt, dark pants with april tattoo that says 9/11. all of that together, we have a local law enforcement official saying ty were approaching this as a case of domestic terrorism. now late into the night last night, about 5 miles from here, they were searching a house believed to be the home of the shooter. they were approaching it cautiously. i was out there until very late last night watching this going on. the evacuated the houses nearby, the house they were shooting that they were going into. they were also getting the people in nearby streets to stay in their homes. t