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President Obama was briefed on the incident, the White House reported at around 9:15 am this morning.
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TMZ reports that Mateen “held a Florida security officer license and a state firearms license.” Meanwhile, a man who answered the phone at Mateen’s address, Mustafa Abasin, told NBC News: “We are in shock and we are said.” He would not say how he knew Mateen, but said he was helping investigators. We are in shock like the whole country,” Seddique said. We weren’t aware of any action he is taking. “We are saying we are apologizing for the whole incident. Mir Seddique, Mateen’s father told NBC News, “this has nothing to do with religion.” Seddique said his son got angry when he saw two men kissing in Miami a couple of months ago and thinks that may be related to the shooting. The shooter has been IDed as Omar Mateen a U.S. The shooter died in a gunfight with those officers.” About three hours later, a SWAT team made the decision to go inside and rescue the hostages. In a press conference earlier this morning, Orlando Police Officer John Mina said that the suspect, now deceased, “exchanged gunshots with an officer working at the club, then went back inside and took hostages around 2 a.m. The incident reportedly began around 2 am. Police raised the death toll at a mid-morning news conference.Īpproximately 320 people were inside the nightclub at the time of the shooting. An earlier report listed the number of victims at 20 and 42 injured. A “domestic terror” incident at Pulse, a gay Orlando nightclub has left at least 50 dead and more than 53 injured after a gunman with an assault rifle, a handgun, and a “suspicious” device opened fire.