Muslim shoots up gay club

Last Updated: May 28, In the end, 49 people were dead and dozens more injured, in what was, at the time, the deadliest mass shooting in modern U. When the gunman, year-old Omar Mateen of Fort Pierce, Florida entered the club with an ARtype assault rifle and a handgun, the nearly people inside were winding down their Latin-themed night of dancing.

When the first shots rang out, many described not noticingthinking the bangs were part of the songs, until people started to fall the floor and others ran in terror. Some hid in the bathrooms. Mateen then escaped to the bathroom, where he took hostages and told the police he had explosives he was ready to detonate.

Many tweeted or texted for help from the inside, including people trapped in the bathroom who hid in the stalls trying not to be seen. Others played dead.

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At the same time, officers secured the building and prepared to enter the bathroom using explosives on the outside wall of the building. At about 5 AMthe police stormed through their club hole, then shot and killed Mateen. At the time of the shooting, it was unclear if this was an act of terrorism or a hate crime.

He was questioned again in about a potential connection to Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha, an American suicide bomber who had attacked in Syria. The FBI believed she may have known of his plan. Discover more of the major events, famous births, notable deaths and everything else history-making that happened on June 12th.

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