UPDATING: Mass Shooting at Florida Gay Nightclub Leaves 50 Dead, Over 50 Injured
Mayor Delivers News of Tragedy at Press Conference
See updates below:
Orlando Mayor reveals 50 people have been shot and killed, and more than 50 injured, at Pulse, a gay nightclub.
Video:
BREAKING NEWS: 50 dead in Orlando nightclub shooting, Orlando mayor says. https://t.co/ZdaJMtkE0q https://t.co/DOT0rgfTzN
— ABC News (@ABC) June 12, 2016
The suspect has been named as Omar S. Mateen. Police reportedly shot him dead.
MSNBC reporting Omar Mateen’s father says his son grew very angry when he saw two gay men kissing
— Allison Kilkenny (@allisonkilkenny) June 12, 2016
Police reporting their SWAT team rescued at least 30 people from within the nightclub.Â
OPD first responders and SWAT rescued at least 30 people from inside the club and brought them out alive. pic.twitter.com/KFIdLhxeDI
— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) June 12, 2016
Statement by @PressSec on the tragic shooting in Orlando: https://t.co/61AlHODnJ7 pic.twitter.com/GUCmIWNctn
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 12, 2016
This would be the largest deadliest mass shooting in American history, CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted.
Mayor Dyer: 50 dead in Pulse nightclub shooting. @ChiefJohnMina Suspect had handgun and AR15 type rifle.
— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) June 12, 2016
Physician updates condition of hospitalized victims:
MORE: Many shooting victims at Orlando hospital “critically ill” from wounds, doctor says https://t.co/5HsAkKaqvp https://t.co/EmgRXS26o8
— CBSN (@CBSNLive) June 12, 2016
Vice President Joe Biden issues a statement:
VP Biden sends his condolences to families and loved ones of the victims of Orlando shooting https://t.co/ZdaJMt338S pic.twitter.com/MvfSzW7mqA
— ABC News (@ABC) June 12, 2016
UPDATE I: 10:49 AM EDT –
“We are investigating this from all points of perspective as an act of terrorism,†said Special Agent Danny Banks, who’s in charge of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Huffington Post reports. “Any time we have potentially dozens of victims in any of our communities then I think we can qualify that as terrorism activity. Whether that is domestic terrorism activity or an international one is certainly something that we will get to the bottom of.â€
UPDATE II: 10:58 AM EDT –
About 320 people were inside the nightclub at around 2 AM.
UPDATE III: 11:02: AM EDT –
Father of the suspect, Omar Mateen, who was 29, said “that Mateen had become very angry after he saw two men kissing in downtown Miami two months ago. The father said he believes that incident may have led to his actions, according to NBC News,” BNO News reports.
GLBT Center official describes “heart-sinking” feeling as mothers call in search of sons: https://t.co/J54RiATgwT https://t.co/YcDR6yXLHY
— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 12, 2016
UPDATE IV 11:22 AM EDT –
Equality Florida has set up a GoFundMe page to help support the victims and their families.
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