:dateline:The Guru Gobind Singh Foundation of Washington DC will honor US police officer Brian Murphy, who was struck with 12 bullets during the August 5, 2012, shooting at the Sikh Gurdwara in Wisconsin, during their annual Vaisakhi festival to be celebrated on April 13, 2014. The shooting had left six Sikh devotees dead, and three others severely injured.
Murphy, the first Oak Creek (Milwaukee) police officer will be honored with a Sewa� Award for selfless service. The white supremacist gunman, Wade Michael Page, killed himself after he was wounded by a rifle shot from Murphy. Murphy, 52, has recovered from his wounds, but has no feeling in his right forearm, or leg, and has limited use of his left thumb because of the injuries he suffered.
Murphy is traveling with his family from Wisconsin to attend the ceremony at a gurdwara in Rockville, Maryland, a Washington�DC suburb, on the important day of Vaisakhi,, the foundation announced. The foundation presents the Sewa Award annually to people who have helped the Sikh community. Foundation chairman Inder Paul Singh Gadh said the Sikhs were highly grateful to Murphy �for his sacrifice and exemplary service and providing protection to all citizens of Oak Creek. His actions were able to prevent a much bigger massacre of Sikhs, who were still trapped inside the gurdwara,� he added.
