https://www.yahoo.com/news/shooting-breaks-florida-gay-nightclub-media-081442509.html?nhp=1 ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) - A gunman shot dead about 20 people and injured 42 others in a crowded gay nightclub in Florida early on Sunday before being killed by police in what U.S. authorities described as a "domestic terrorism incident". A police officer working as a security guard inside the Pulse club exchanged fire with the suspect at about 2 a.m., police officials said. A hostage situation quickly developed before a squad of officers entered the club and shot dead the gunman. It was unclear when the victims were shot by the gunman. "At ... 0500 hours this morning, the decision was made to rescue hostages that were in there. Our officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect. The suspect is dead," Orlando Police Chief John Mina told a press conference. At least one officer was injured in the gunbattle but the police action saved at least 30 lives, Mina said. The suspect was carrying an assault-type rifle and a handgun as well as an unidentified "device" on him, Mina said. Police did not immediately name the gunman or provide a possible motive for the attack but officials have classified the rampage as a "domestic terrorism incident," Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said. Javer Antonetti, 53, told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper that he was near the back of the dance club when he heard gunfire. "There were so many (shots), at least 40," he said. "I saw two guys and it was constant, like 'pow, pow, pow,'." Police said they had carried out a "controlled explosion" at the club hours after the shooting broke out, but did not explain why that was done. (Reporting by Chris Michaud in New York and Mary Milliken in Los Angeles; writing by Frank McGurty; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
CNN refuses to call Islamic terror Islamic. Meanwhile if this was a Christian they'd be saying Christian terrorism for days.
My good friend Angel was among the people shot. He's in the hospital with three gunshot wounds in his leg. Doing well according to his family. I'm very anti gun and anti NRA so you can imagine my rant. I'm just hoping my buddy pulls through.
Very sorry for your friend. I hope he and the others injured a speedy recovery. This world is a mess.
Or they would just prefer to determine the shooter's motive and religious background before just guessing and making erroneous statements.
thoughts to the victims families. thank god they stopped him before he was able to set off the explosive device.
Name the last of only nine people to hold a five star rank in the United States Armed Forces (answer below): Omar Bradley
No report or article I saw claimed the shooter was a white redneck. On the other hand, why did the purported Islamic shooter choose a gay bar?
An affront to islam? Less armed gangbangers ? Knew the layout? Maybe its not islam motivated, jilted lover that decide the whole club should pay. (Doubt this one)
The shooting in toney Orlando at dawn could just have easily been been a Westboro Baptist Church type nut as well as some Ramadan ding dong.
What We Know About Omar Mateen, Suspected Orlando Night Club Shooter Omar Mateen, a U.S.-born citizen, has been identified as the suspect in Sunday's mass shooting that left at least 50 dead and more than 50 others wounded at the Pulse Nightclub, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Mateen's parents were born in Afghanistan, and he was "on the radar" of U.S. officials for some time, but was not the target of a specific investigation, law enforcement officials told ABC News. A police officer working at the club responded to shots fired at 2:02 a.m., and then exchanged fire with Mateen, according to police. At approximately 5 a.m., the SWAT team made the decision to rescue the hostages, officials said. Mateen was killed in a gunfight with those officers early this morning, officials said. FBI assistant agent in charge of the agency's Tampa division, Ron Hopper, said this morning investigators were "looking at all angles right now" to find a motive. "We do have suggestions that that individual may have leanings towards that, that particular ideology [Islamic extremism]. But right now we can’t say definitively, so we’re still running everything around," he said. http://abcnews.go.com/US/omar-mateen-suspected-orlando-night-club-shooter/story?id=39790797
