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The attacker, shot dead by police during the attack in a Milwaukee suburb, was Wade Michael Page, 40, law enforcement sources reportedly said.
US officials said Page had been discharged from the military after being demoted.
Police will hold a press conference at 11:00 EDT (15:00 GMT).
The gunman, described by witnesses as a bald, white man, entered the Wisconsin Sikh Temple temple in Oak Creek on Sunday morning and opened fire.
He killed six people and critically injured a policeman, before another officer shot the attacker dead.
The wounded police officer was shot eight or nine times in the face and extremities at close range with a handgun. But he was expected to make a full recovery, police said.
Authorities said the gunman had used a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, which was recovered at the scene.
Wade Michael Page reportedly served in the US Army between April 1992 and October 1998, ending his career at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
A federal official told the Associated Press news agency that Page was discharged after being reduced in rank from sergeant to specialist, although the official did not give a reason for the demotion.
Police said on Sunday they were treating the attack as an act of domestic terrorism.
Special Agent Thomas Ahern, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, told ABC News that Page had tattoos which could suggest the attack was a hate crime.
But a member of the temple told CNN the attacker had a 9/11 tattoo on one arm.
The names of the victims have not yet not made public, although the president of the congregation and a priest were reportedly among the victims.
Wisconsin, which passed a law in 2011 allowing citizens to carry a concealed weapon, has some of the most permissive gun laws in the US.
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