Shooter

MILWAUKEE - The man who killed six Sikh worshipers at a Wisconsin temple before fatally shooting himself had a history of alcohol problems and underwent a noticeable personality change in the preceding year, according to an investigative report released Tuesday. Wade Michael Page's sister told investigators he had a bloated appearance that made her wonder if he had been drinking recently, the report said. Kimberly Van Buskirk said her brother became more intense over the last year, as if he had lost his wit and sense of humor.

CHANCIER McFarland, the second suspect in the shooting death of Police Officer Moses Walker Jr., was charged Tuesday with murder, conspiracy, robbery and weapons offenses, the District Attorney's Office said. He has also been charged in two unrelated robbery cases from last year, for which authorities had an arrest warrant out on him, said Tasha Jamerson, the D.A.'s spokeswoman. McFarland, 19, of 23rd Street near Master, in North Philly, was brought into Philadelphia International Airport on Monday by two homicide detectives and an FBI agent.

By Frank Kummer, Stacey Burling and Kristen Holmes Moses Walker Jr., 40, a 19-year veteran Philadelphia police officer was found mortally wounded on a North Philadelphia sidewalk early this morning shortly after leaving work, according to police. The officer, who was found face down, lying on his own unholstered gun, had been shot multiple times. He was in street clothes and police believe he was walking to a bus stop. He was pronounced dead at Hahnemann University Hospital at 6:23 a.m. His name was released later in the morning after family members had been notified and escorted to the hospital.

Facing a courtroom packed with top police brass and about 70 Southwest Philadelphia residents, a Philadelphia judge today resentenced Kevin Pickard to 17 to 34 years in prison for a 2010 vendetta shooting that wounded a drug rival and two young children caught in the cross fire. Common Pleas Court Judge Lisette Shirdan-Harris did not refer to the overflow crowd in the courtroom in vacating her Aug. 10 sentence of 5 to 10 years for the 26-year-old Pickard. The judge simply restated the factors justifying the new sentence under state sentencing guidelines and mostly cited the recklessness of opening fire on the hot summer Saturday afternoon of Sept.

LONDON - If they gave points for consistency, Matt Emmons would have three Olympic gold medals in the three-position air rifle event. Athens. Beijing. London. Three times, Emmons needed merely to make one last shot. Three times, the Mount Holly native produced his worst shot of the competition. Three times, he dropped in the final standings. This time, Emmons didn't fall all the way off the podium. He came away with a bronze medal, which is a fine achievement by any standards.

OAK CREEK, Wis. - Before he strode into a Sikh temple with a 9mm handgun and multiple magazines of ammunition, Wade Michael Page played in white-supremacist heavy-metal bands with names such as Definite Hate and End Apathy. The bald, heavily tattooed bassist was a 40-year-old Army veteran who trained in psychological warfare before he was demoted and discharged more than a decade ago. A day after he killed six worshipers at the suburban Milwaukee temple, fragments of Page's life emerged in public records and interviews.

MIRAMAR, Fla. - The parents of the unarmed teen who was shot and killed by a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer rejected the shooter's claim that the death was a part of God's plan. In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity televised Wednesday, George Zimmerman said he felt the course of the night 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed "was all God's plan. " "We must worship a different God," Martin's father, Tracy Martin, told the Associated Press. "There is no way that my God wanted George Zimmerman to murder my teenage son. " Speaking Thursday on NBC's Today show, the teen's mother, Sybrina Fulton, said the notion was "ridiculous.

MIAMI - After interviewing nearly three dozen people in the George Zimmerman murder case, the FBI found no evidence that racial bias was a motivating factor in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, records released Thursday show. Even the lead detective in the case, Sanford Detective Chris Serino, told agents that he thought Zimmerman profiled Martin because of his attire and the circumstances - but not his race. Serino saw Zimmerman as having a "little hero complex, but not as a racist.

"Oh, there's all these rumors that I'm a lesbian," says Kelly Clarkson, who graces the cover of Lucky mag's first music issue. The Voice mentor is jocular, her lucky Lucky interlocutor says.  Well? Is she? "I have a boyfriend now," Kelly, 30, says. "Brandon Blackstock, my manager Narvel's son, Reba McEntire's stepson. " The blushing American Idol hopeful turned megastar is as all-American traditional as her music: She likes to shoot guns. "I just had my 30th birthday and we went turkey shooting," she says.

THE PHONES have been buzzing since free agency started at midnight on Saturday, and 76ers president Rod Thorn has been burning his ear talking and listening to people around the NBA. "We've been busy looking at what's available, what might be out there to help us," said Thorn, whose team selected swingman Maurice Harkless and acquired power forward/center Arnett Moultrie in the first round in Thursday's NBA draft. "There is no doubt that we have a big need for a shooter, and we'll be looking for that, but who knows what could happen?