This weekend, a 29-year-old man named Omar Mateen opened fire an Orlando gay club, killg 49 and woundg untls others. As people who knew Mateen e forward, the tth about his past be more and more troublg.
Contents:
- MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS OMAR MATEEN'S GAY LOVER SPEAKS OUT
- ORLANDO GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: WHO WAS OMAR MATEEN?
- OMAR MATEEN’S FAL TEXT TO WIFE RELEASED: “I’M GAY, THAT’S WHY I’M DOG THIS.”
- OMAR MATEEN WAS GAY, A REGULAR AT PULSE; ORLANDO SHOOTER’S WIFE UNR VTIGATN
- “GAY” OMAR MATEEN AND THE CULT OF WHE HATE
- OMAR MATEEN: GUNMAN WHO KILLED 50 ORLANDO GAY CLUB PULSE INTIFIED BY POLICE
MAN WHO SAYS HE WAS OMAR MATEEN'S GAY LOVER SPEAKS OUT
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ORLANDO -- A man who says he was Orlando shooter Omar Mateen's gay lover is speakg out followg the attack on Pulse nightclub that left 49 people ad, and dozens more an terview wh Univisn anchor Maria Elena Salas, the man -- who was lled "Miguel" to protect his inty -- said he first met Mateen on the gay datg app Grdr.
ORLANDO GAY NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: WHO WAS OMAR MATEEN?
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Miguel said an terview wh Univisn that Mateen, who was killed by police durg the rampage on the Pulse nightclub early on June 12, was gay.
"Miguel said that Mateen's wife knew he was gay, and that his father forced him to an arranged add that he and Mateen also talked about relign.
Addnally, other media outlets have heard several stori of Mateen poppg up and nversg wh men on gay datg Van Horn, 71, said Mateen was a "regular" at the popular Pulse Horn, a retired pharmacist, said he met Mateen once, and the younger man talked about his ex-wife. Asked about his son's sexual orientatn last week, Seddique Mir Mateen said he did not believe his son was gay. "This to me suggts somebody that may have had sexual inty issu and may have actually been stgglg wh the ia that he himself was gay and that would add a different motive and a different perspective on the se, " O'Toole said.
OMAR MATEEN’S FAL TEXT TO WIFE RELEASED: “I’M GAY, THAT’S WHY I’M DOG THIS.”
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Var media outlets have reported that ers on the gay-datg app Jack’d say they have exchanged msag wh Mateen, but the CEO of Jack’d says they have not yet found any proof that Mateen had an acunt. A former classmate at Indian River Communy College told the Palm Beach Post that Mateen went to gay bars wh classmat and once tried to pick him up.
In three gay bars Wt Palm Beach, an hour om Mateen’s home, none of the bartenrs or ctomers told TIME they remembered ever seeg him.
OMAR MATEEN WAS GAY, A REGULAR AT PULSE; ORLANDO SHOOTER’S WIFE UNR VTIGATN
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The elr Mateen repeatedly rebuffed qutns about homosexualy an terview, cludg multiple queri about whether his son might have been motivated by homophobia and whether uld have been gay.
“He might have been homosexual himself and lived that liftyle but uld never ever e clean about bee of the standards of his father, bee of the obligatn to be a perfect son, ” she add.
“GAY” OMAR MATEEN AND THE CULT OF WHE HATE
Media ptn, The BBC's Gordon Corera exam what we know about the attackerOmar Mateen was a US cizen who had been known to the FBI sce opened fire si a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida the early hours of Sunday, killg 49 people the adlit shootg morn US officials say the 29-year-old, who was killed by police, appeared to "have leangs towards" radil Islamist iology, although was not clear whether the attack was a se of domtic or ternatnal ma emergency 911 lls shortly beforehand which he reportedly stated his allegiance to Islamic State. "But there are also reports Mateen ed gay datg apps and was a regular at the club where he rried out the Smh told the Orlando Sentel he had seen Mateen at least 12 tim at the Pulse, sayg he would sometim drk heavily, beg "loud and belligerent" source, RtersImage ptn, Friends and fay members embrace outsi the Orlando police headquartersAs qutns emerged about the gunman's history, FBI Special Agent Ron Hopper told reporters that Mateen had been terviewed by FBI officers twice 2013 followg flammatory ments to lleagu assertg ti to vtigatn end after officers were unable to substantiate the claims.
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OMAR MATEEN: GUNMAN WHO KILLED 50 ORLANDO GAY CLUB PULSE INTIFIED BY POLICE
Allegatns of anti-gay leangs amid vtigatn to possible hate motivatnThe spect's father, Seddique Mir Mateen, has spoken out to the media, sayg his son was anti-gay and he don't believe the attack was motivated by relign.
The Orlando Sentel and other news anizatns quoted regular ctomers at the gay bar as sayg they had seen Mateen there a number of tim. Lucie, orr to clarify any ambiguy that may have been left after a vio surfaced showg him sayg "God will punish those volved homosexualy, " addg 's, "not an issue that humans should al wh. The elr Mateen said his son Omar Mateen was wrong to not jt target gays, but to flict sufferg on any other human beg, most pecially durg the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.