Many of its members have been convicted of harassment , assault and even murder . On August 5 , 2012 , Hammerskin Wade Michael Page was shot by police and died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head after he killed six people in a Sikh temple in Oak Creek , Wisconsin . Page had become a " fully patched " member of the Hammerskins in autumn 2011 , according to the Anti-Defamation League . He played in at least three Hammerskin-affiliated bands ; End Apathy , Definite Hate and 13 Knots . According to media sources and civil rights organizations , End Apathy , Wade 's main band , had played at several recent Hammerskin events in the United States prior to the shooting-spree
killed six people in a Sikh temple
Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting
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