According to CBS News, Mateen identified himself to the 911 operator and also mentioned the Tsarnaev brothers, who were behind the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. Saturday night was Latin Night at Pulse, one of the citys best-known gay clubs, and the place was packed with patrons both gay and straight, young and not. Mateen reportedly called 911 just prior to the attack and pledged allegiance to ISIS. Law enforcement sources told CBS News the gunman has been identified as Omar Mateen, 29, a U.S. Authorities say he pledged allegiance to ISIS before attacking a gay nightclub in Orlando, killing 50.
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The attack left at least 50 people dead, and 53 injured making it the worst mass shooting in American history. BOSTON LINK Massachusetts authorities say a man who opened fire at a gay club in Orlando, killing at least 50 people, mentioned the Boston Marathon bombers. Omar Mateen was previously interviewed by the FBI several times over possible ties to terrorism.
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He opened fire inside a crowded Florida gay nightclub early Sunday before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. A shooting and hostage situation early Sunday at a Florida nightclub - which describes itself as 'Orlandos hottest gay bar' - left an estimated 50 people dead, including the. Omar Mateen,29, who worked security for G4S, went on a killing spree wielding an AR 15 assault rifle and a made in Austria Glock handgun. in Orlando in Florida, killing and wounding more than 100 of them," a bulletin from Al-Bayan radio said. The attack that targeted a nightclub for homosexuals in Orlando, Florida, and left more than one hundred dead and wounded was carried out by an Islamic State fighter. Now, we have a so called terrorist act that left as many as fifty people dead. As equal, in the eyes of the Lord, and country.
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That any nations leader, would try to force them to accept these homosexuals. The gay marriage act was introduced into law. "God allowed Omar Mateen, one of the soldiers of the caliphate in America, to carry out an attack entering a crusader gathering in a night club. ISIS claims Gay bar mass shooting Our own government wanted everyone to be happy. The Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists claiming responsibility for the shooting at the Pulse Night Club said that the New York-born shooter Omar Mateen was "one of the soldiers of the Caliphate in America."