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- GUNFIRE EPTS SI FLA. GAY NIGHTCLUB
- AT LEAST 50 DEAD ORLANDO GAY CLUB SHOOTG, SPECT PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS, OFFICIALS SAY
- FLORIDA PULSE GAY CLUB ATTACKED ORLANDO - AT LEAST 20 AD
- ORLANDO GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: 50 KILLED, SPECT IS OMAR MATEEN
- ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
- ISIS CLAIMS RPONSIBILY FOR ATTACK AT ORLANDO GAY CLUB, THE DEADLIT MASS SHOOTG U.S. HISTORY
- ORLANDO GUNMAN ATTACKS GAY NIGHTCLUB, LEAVG 50 DEAD
- 50 KILLED FLORIDA GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG; ATTACK IS WORST MASS SHOOTG US HISTORY
- FLORIDA GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: HOSTAG TAKEN BY ATTACKER 'WEARG BOMB VT'
GUNFIRE EPTS SI FLA. GAY NIGHTCLUB
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Police say a mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, has rulted at least 20 people ad, wh dozens more wound.
Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Details ntue to emerge about the gunman's motiveA gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, killg at least 49 people and jurg dozens before beg shot ad by police. She told the FBI her hband said he was gog to see iends, though she thought he was gog to rry out an attack at the night club, officials have told the US are also media reports that she said she was wh him when he bought ammunn and a holster, and drove him to Pulse once to spe ptn, Jim Van Horn, Pulse nightclub ctomer: "He (Omar Mateen) was a homosexual and he was tryg to pick up men"Mateen appears to have been a regular at the club and he ntacted men on gay datg apps, raisg the possibily that he was nflicted about beg gay and lashed out.
AT LEAST 50 DEAD ORLANDO GAY CLUB SHOOTG, SPECT PLEDGED ALLEGIANCE TO ISIS, OFFICIALS SAY
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— -- The massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub early this morng has been scribed as a "domtic terror cint, " wh at least 50 ad and 53 jured, officials said, makg the worst mass shootg U. Orlando police tweeted, "The shooter si the nightclub is ad, " referrg to Pulse Nightclub, which bills self on s webse as "Orlando's Premier Gay Night Club.
"It's no cince the attack took place where did and when did, " he said reference to the fact that Pulse was a gay nightclub. Media ptn, Eyewns Anthony Torr fled the scene and filmed as he watched people shootg "back and forth"At least 20 people have been killed and some 42 jured a shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, police say. "Some of the jured were reportedly brought to the Orlando Regnal Medil Center police source, APImage ptn, SWAT officers were at the scene of the shootgImage source, Orlando PoliceMore than 100 people were reported to have been enjoyg the end of a Lat-themed night the club, which lls self the hottt gay bar the cy, when the attack began.
Media ptn, Eyewns Anthony Torr fled the scene and filmed as he watched people shootg "back and forth"Fifty people are now known to have died a shootg a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, the cy's mayor Buddy Dyer has gunman, named by officials as Omar Mateen, was killed after takg hostag at the Pulse club. However, US Congrsman Alan Grayson said was "no cince" the attack happened a gay club.
FLORIDA PULSE GAY CLUB ATTACKED ORLANDO - AT LEAST 20 AD
At least 20 people are killed and more than 42 hurt a shootg scribed as an act of terrorism at a gay nightclub the Florida cy of Orlando. * florida gay nightclub shooting *
"It may be we've seen the missn of an awful hate crime, " he source, CBS NewsImage ptn, US media have published a picture of the spect, Omar MateenImage source, Omar MateenImage ptn, Mateen's father said his motiv had nothg to do wh relignMateen's father Mir Seddique told NBC News that the cint had nothg to do wh relign, and may have been triggered by the sight of a gay uple kissg NBC News reported that Mateen lled the emergency servic before the attack and swore allegiance to the so-lled Islamic State (IS) ant group later said - via s affiliated Amaq news agency - that an IS "fighter" had rried out the claim did not specify whether IS was directly volved or simply takg cred for spirg the attack. A gay pri para has also been takg place Wt Hollywood, Los Angel.
ORLANDO GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: 50 KILLED, SPECT IS OMAR MATEEN
The ath toll a shootg a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, has risen to 50, the mayor says, the adlit mass shootg recent US history. * florida gay nightclub shooting *
The cy's mayor said police the nearby cy of Santa Moni had arrted a heavily armed man who said he was gog to the US mass shootgs last 25 yearsAt least 50 ad, 2016 - Omar Mateen opens fire on revellers at gay club Orlando, Florida32 ad, 2007 - Stunt Sng-Hui Cho massacr stunts at Virgia Tech universy before killg himself27 ad, 2012 - Adam Lanza kills 20 six- and seven-year-old children and six adults before killg himself at Sandy Hook, Connecticut23 ad, 1991 - Gee Hennard driv through the wall of a fe Killeen, Texas, before openg fire and mtg suici14 ad, 2015 - Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik open fire at a staff gatherg San Bernardo13 ad, 2009 - Maj Nidal Malik Hasan opens fire at army base Fort Hood, Texas13 ad, 2009 - Jiverly Wong shoots people at New York immigrant centre before killg himself13 ad, 1999 - Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kill fellow stunts and a teacher at Columbe High School Ltleton, ColoradoOrlando Police Chief John Ma said the attack began at 02:00 (06:00 GMT).
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‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
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ISIS CLAIMS RPONSIBILY FOR ATTACK AT ORLANDO GAY CLUB, THE DEADLIT MASS SHOOTG U.S. HISTORY
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But "the FBI has found no evince so far to support claims by those who say Mateen had gay lovers or munited on gay datg apps, " acrdg to the Los Angel Tim. Kevlar helmet saved his life, acrdg to Orlando Orlando after shootg at Pulse Nightclub on June 12, people were killed si Pulse, a gay nightclub, Orlando Police Chief John Ma and other officials said Sunday morng, jt hours after a shooter opened fire the adlit mass shootg U. A gay nightclub Orlando, Florida was the scene early Sunday, June 12, 2016 of the worst terror attack U.
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ORLANDO GUNMAN ATTACKS GAY NIGHTCLUB, LEAVG 50 DEAD
Fifty people died the worst mass shootg US history June 12 when a gunman opened fire at the Pulse, a packed gay nightclub Orlando, Florida. Fifty people died and another 53 were jured when a gunman opened fire and seized hostag at the Pulse, a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, police said June 12, makg the worst mass shootg US history. / AFP / Gregg NEWTON (Photo cred should read GREGG NEWTON/AFP/Getty Imag)MOtorcycle police officers provi secury for the 2016 Gay Pri Para June 12, 20116 Los Angel, California.
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(Photo by Gerardo Mora/Getty Imag)(CNN)People and members of the gay muny holdg the peace rabow flag gather for a vigil near the Bebourg art center downtown Paris on June 12, 2016, to mourn for victims of the mass shootg that occured overnight Orlando, Florida, at the Pulse gay nightclub.
50 KILLED FLORIDA GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG; ATTACK IS WORST MASS SHOOTG US HISTORY
/ AFP / GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT (Photo cred should read GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP/Getty Imag)People and a man wearg a T-shirt of French associatn agast homophobia "SOS Homophobie" holdg the peace rabow flag gather for a vigil near the Bebourg art center downtown Paris on June 12, 2016, to mourn for victims of the mass shootg that occured overnight Orlando, Florida, at the Pulse gay nightclub.
FLORIDA GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: HOSTAG TAKEN BY ATTACKER 'WEARG BOMB VT'
A somber Print Barack Obama exprsed grief and outrage at the "horrific massacre" of 50 late-night revelers at an Orlando gay club, brandg an act of terror and hate. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Imag)Flowers on a temporary shre is set up for victims of the Orlando shootg durg the 2016 Gay Pri Para on June 12, 20116 Los Angel, California.
/ AFP / Gregg NEWTON (Photo cred should read GREGG NEWTON/AFP/Getty Imag)An LAPD officer holds hands wh a Sheriff's Deputy as they march durg 2016 Gay Pri Para Wt Hollywood, California on June 12, 2016.
/ AFP / Mark Ralston (Photo cred should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Imag)An LAPD officer holds hands wh a Sheriff's Deputy as they march durg 2016 Gay Pri Para Wt Hollywood, California on June 12, 2016.