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Associated PressAugust 10, 2016

More than a third of the 49 patrons killed during the Pulse nightclub massacre were shot in the head, and most of the victims had multiple bullet wounds, according to autopsy reports released this week. Only two victims had traces of soot, gunpowder or stippling, meaning most of the victims were likely more than 3 […]

Associated PressAugust 4, 2016

Orlando’s mayor says he wants the city to purchase the Pulse nightclub and create a permanent memorial for the 49 people who were killed there during a June shooting. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Mayor Buddy Dyer mentioned the city’s interest during a radio interview that aired Wednesday. Dyer said he’d like the gay nightclub to remain in its […]

Scott PowersJuly 20, 2016

Democrat Bob Poe is releasing his first television commercial in the Orlando-based Florida’s 10th Congressional District with a declaration of outrage over assault rifles and a promise to seek to ban them and to require universal background checks for gun purchases. Poe, an Orlando businessman and former chairman of the Florida Democratic Party, is pushing the […]

Associated PressJuly 19, 2016

Authorities had just breached the wall to the Pulse nightclub, and patrons who had been trapped inside with gunman Omar Mateen started to flee. SWAT team members carried a man with four gunshots in his legs, hip and shoulder to Officer Luke Austin. The man was bleeding profusely. Austin grabbed him and said, “Stay with […]

Associated PressJuly 18, 2016

The gunman who opened fire at a gay Florida nightclub last month in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history had complained he was repeatedly taunted for being Muslim in his job as a security guard at a Florida courthouse, according to records released Monday. When Omar Mateen first started working at the St. […]

Associated PressJuly 12, 2016

Ten protesters arrested for refusing to leave the lobby of an Orlando building where U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has an office have been released from jail. The protesters were released late Monday on $250 bond. They faced misdemeanor trespass charges after a sit-in commemorating the one-month anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting. Gunman Omar Mateen […]

Scott PowersJuly 1, 2016

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said Friday after consulting with top FBI officials, he’s convinced ISIS — more than a hatred of gays — is what inspired the shooter to kill 49 people in Orlando’s popular gay nightclub. Nelson said the motivations likely are a combination, but said the FBI convinced him Omar Mateen‘s internet search […]

Associated PressJune 30, 2016

Emergency call logs released Thursday show that victims of the Pulse shooting in Orlando pleaded with sheriff’s deputies and dispatchers to save them as they described losing their breath and feeling their bodies go numb from their wounds. Gunman Omar Mateen‘s rampage at the Pulse nightclub on June 12 left 49 people dead and 53 […]

Mary Jo MeloneJune 23, 2016

Social etiquette requires that I not speak ill of the dead, but when the dead man was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice — namely, Antonin Scalia — speaking ill (civilly, although that is not in fashion) is an absolute necessity. Especially now. After Orlando. Scalia defended criminalizing gay sex because many people don’t like gays. […]

Tom JacksonJune 21, 2016

So, Corey Lewandowski, the buzz-cut professional sycophant whose philosophy amounted to “let Trump be Trump,” is out as The Donald’s campaign frontman. And this changes … what, exactly? As Edwin Starr sang, “Absolutely nuthin’!” (Say it again, y’all.) That’s right. While Lewandowski portrayed the thuggery of a crime lord’s hired muscle — hard-knuckled Toots to […]

Tag: Omar Mateen

Autopsies: A third of Pulse nightclub victims shot in head

Buddy Dyer wants City of Orlando to buy Pulse nightclub for memorial

Bob Poe’s first TV commercial in CD 10 race takes on assault weapons

Nightclub shooting police reports: hysteria, blood, bodies

Documents: Pulse gunman repeatedly taunted for being Muslim

Pulse protesters arrested at Marco Rubio’s office are out on bond

Bill Nelson is convinced Pulse shooter was mostly ISIS-inspired, not hate-inspired

Logs show Pulse victims begged for help as bodies went numb

Mary Jo Melone: What a guy — Antonin Scalia on hate, guns and gridlock

Tom Jackson: If Donald Trump wanted to lose, what would he have done differently?