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The
2016 Orlando nightclub shooting
was a major incident inside
Pulse
, a
gay bar
and
nightclub
in
Orlando, Florida
. It happened on June 12, 2016.
More than fifty people, including the shooter,
[2]
were killed in the
massacre
. It was the deadliest
homophobic
attack on
LGBT
people in United States history.
[3]
It was the deadliest attack in the U.S. since the
September 11, 2001 attacks
.
[4]
[5]
Until the
2017 Las Vegas shooting
that killed 60 people, the Pulse shooting was the
deadliest mass shooting
in American history.
The
gunman
was
Omar Mir Seddique Mateen
.
[2]
According to law enforcement officials, at an unknown time before the shooting, Mateen called the police and pledged himself to the leader of
ISIS
.
[6]
[2]
At about 2:00 a.m. EDT, Mateen fired shots inside the nightclub. He was armed with a rifle, a handgun, and a "device".
[5]
Mateen then left the club briefly and exchanged gunfire with a police officer outside,
[7]
before returning inside to take hostages. Pulse posted on its Facebook page at 2:09 EDT, saying "Everyone get out of pulse and keep running".
[8]
Florida
governor
Rick Scott
described the incident as "clearly an act of terror", and declared a
state of emergency
.
[7]
In a
broadcast
statement made at around 2:00 p.m. from the
White House
, President
Barack Obama
described the shooting as an "act of terror" and an "
act of hate
".
[9]
He mentioned that he has directed the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
to investigate the shooting as an act of
terrorism
, and that the full resources of the
federal government
would be made available.
- ↑
"Rescue, Response, and Resilience: A Critical Incident Review of the Orlando Public Safety Response to the Attack on the Pulse Nightclub"
. December 17, 2017
. Retrieved
March 11,
2020
– via www.policefoundation.org.
- ↑
2.0
2.1
2.2
Perez, Evan; Prokupecz, Shimon; Brown, Pamela; Ryan, MaryLynn (June 12, 2016).
"Orlando nightclub shooting: Omar Mateen was gunman, officials say"
. CNN
. Retrieved
June 12,
2016
.
- ↑
Mark Joseph Stern,
The Long, Tragic History of Violence at LGBTQ Bars and Clubs in America
,
Slate
(June 12, 2016).
- ↑
Kelly, Erin.
"Trump, Clinton, congressional leaders react to Orlando shooting"
.
ABC 13 News Now
. USA Today
. Retrieved
12 June
2016
.
House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said "this appears to be the worst terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11."
- ↑
5.0
5.1
Ashley Fantz; Faith Karimi; Eliott C. McLaughlin (12 June 2016).
"Orlando nightclub shooting: 50 killed in terror attack"
. CNN.
A gay nightclub here was the scene early Sunday of the worst terror attack in U.S. history since 9/11.
- ↑
Grimson, Matthew; Wyllie, David; Fieldstadt, Elisha (June 12, 2016).
"Orlando Nightclub Shooting: Mass Casualties After Gunman Opens Fire in Gay Club"
. NBC News
. Retrieved
June 12,
2016
.
- ↑
7.0
7.1
Cite error: The named reference
time
was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the
help page
).
- ↑
"Pulse Orlando"
.
www.facebook.com
.
- ↑
The Associated Press (June 12, 2016).
"Obama Says Orlando Shooting Was An 'Act of Terror'
"
. Bloomberg
. Retrieved
June 12,
2016
.