NEW YORK (AP) — The son of a Sikh temple president says he learned of the Milwaukee temple shooting in a phone call from the temple's priest. His father was shot and killed when the gunman opened fire. Amardeep Kaleka said on NBC's "Today" show Monday that he got a call from his father's cellphone. But instead of his father on the line, it was the temple priest. He told him his father, Satwant Singh Kaleka, was wounded, saying "He's at my feet. He's laying on the ground." A gunman opened fire in the temple on Sunday. Seven people, including the suspect, were killed and three others critically injured. Kaleka says Americans need to learn more about different cultures, adding: "We need to know the nuances because we live together."
Sikh temple victim son learned of shooting in call
Aug. 6 7:49 AM EDT
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Amardeep Kaleka, whose father, Satwant Singh Kaleka, the president of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, was shot and currently being treated in the hospital, kneels down in a parking lot near the scene where the shooting occurred, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in Oak Creek, Wis. At least six people were killed Sunday when a gunman opened fire at the Milwaukee-area temple, and the suspected shooter later died in an exchange of gunfire with police, authorities said. (AP Photo/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Mike De Sisti) MANDATORY CREDIT: MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL, MIKE DE SISTI; ALL INTERNET OUT; NO ONLINE USAGE; PRINT USE ONLY
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