Omar Mateen
| Omar Mateen | |
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A driver's license photo of Mateen
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| Born |
Omar Mir Seddique November 16, 1986 New Hyde Park, New York, U.S. |
| Died | June 12, 2016 (aged 29) Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Eight gunshot wounds by police officers |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Security guard |
| Known for | Perpetrator of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting |
| Spouse(s) | Noor Salman |
| Parent(s) | Mir Seddique Mateen (father) |
| Killings | |
| Date | June 12, 2016 c. 2:00 a.m. – c. 5:00 a.m. |
| Location(s) | Orlando, Florida, United States |
| Target(s) | Patrons of Pulse gay nightclub |
| Killed | 49 |
| Injured | 53 |
| Weapons |
SIG Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle 9mm Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol |
Omar Mir Seddique Mateen (November 16, 1986 – June 12, 2016) was an American mass murderer who killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, before he was killed in a shootout with the local police. It was both the deadliest shooting by a single shooter and the deadliest act of violence against LGBT people in United States history.
Before the shooting, he had been investigated for connections to terrorism by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2013 and 2014. During that period, he was placed on the Terrorist Screening Database, but subsequently removed. In a call to 9-1-1 during the shooting, Mateen identified himself as "Mujahideen", "Islamic Soldier", and "Soldier of God"; and pledged his allegiance multiple times to the Sunni militant jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). He said the shooting was "triggered" by an airstrike in Iraq that killed Abu Wahib, an ISIL commander, weeks before.
Mateen was born Omar Mir Seddique on November 16, 1986, in New Hyde Park, New York, to Afghan parents. His father, Mir Seddique Mateen, is a Pashtun who emigrated from Afghanistan in the 1980s. After being raised in New York for a few years, he moved with his family to Port St. Lucie, Florida, in 1991. His family was described as being moderate Muslims and "an all-American family".
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