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Moments after Murphy was shot, more officers arrived at the scene. Lenda was among them. He and the other officers heard gunshots, but didn't know who had been hit. They did know that a man with a gun was walking toward them. The officers ordered Page to stop, drop his weapon and put his hands up. Instead, Page fired at least two rounds, hitting one of the squad cars. Lenda returned fire with his department-issued rifle, and Page went down. Lenda and other officers radioed Murphy, who was supposed to respond with his badge number, but they didn't hear back. They soon saw him lying on the ground. "As they approached him, he waved them off. He had been shot nine times, one of them very serious in the neck area, and he waved them off and told them to go into the temple and assist those in there," Edwards said Monday. Despite his pleas, officers removed Murphy from the scene, quickly carrying him to a squad car before entering the temple. While Murphy remained hospitalized in critical condition Monday, Edwards said he was resting and surrounded by his family. Lenda did not wish to discuss the shootings Monday. "Lenda does not consider himself a hero and is not interested in being a part of any story to that effect," said Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association. "He feels as though he was only doing his job."
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