Kelly HayesJune 11, 2022
2min0
At the time, it was the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
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Kelly HayesJune 11, 2022
Associated PressJune 16, 2016
6min273
While his victims texted heartbreaking last words to loved ones from the blood-drenched bathrooms, Omar Mateen apparently went on Facebook to measure the shockwaves his attack on a gay nightclub was generating. He searched for the terms “Pulse Orlando” and “Shooting,” according to a letter released by a Senate committee. The letter detailing Mateen’s Facebook […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 13, 2016
3min169
Gov. Rick Scott has requested President Barack Obama declare a state of emergency in Florida. In a letter to the president Monday, Scott asked the president to declare an emergency in Florida for the “horrific massacre committed by a terrorist in Orlando.” The governor said he asked for the state of emergency so the full […]
Phil AmmannJune 12, 2016
2min201
As a result of the mass shooting in Orlando where more than 50 people died, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz canceled a planned Miami fundraiser Sunday evening featuring Vice President Joe Biden. Marc Caputo of POLITICO Florida reports the decision came after revelations of the extraordinary number of victims of the shooting at the Pulse […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 12, 2016
2min424
The Florida Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is condemning a shooting at an Orlando nightclub. “We condemn this monstrous attack and offer our heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of all those killed or injured,” said Rasha Mubarak, the Orlando regional coordinator for CAIR-Florida. “The Muslim community joins our fellow Americans […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJune 12, 20163min210
Equality Florida said it is making no “heartbroken and angry” about a mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub. In a statement Sunday morning, Equality Florida said it was “reeling from the tragic news” that a gunman opened fire at Pulse Orlando, a popular gay dance club in Orlando. According to the Associated Press, a gunman […]