Bald white man, dressed in a white T-shirt and black pants, with a 9/11 tattoo on one arm

CNN is now reporting 6 dead including the gunman who is described in the title.

The attack occurred about 10:30 a.m. (11:30 a.m. ET), when temple members were reading scriptures and cooking food in preparation for the main Sunday service and community lunch, said Kanwardeep Singh Kaleka, a member of the congregation and the nephew of its president.

Kaleka was not at the temple at the time of the shooting, but helped police interview witnesses in the aftermath. He said members described the attacker as a bald, white man, dressed in a white T-shirt and black pants and with a 9/11 tattoo on one arm -- which "implies to me that there's some level of hate crime there."

Sikhs have repeatedly been targeted with hate crimes in the wake of 9/11/01 because they wear a turban and are often confused with Muslims by the unknowing.