Pulse nightclub shooting
| 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting | |
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| Part of Terrorism in the United States | |
The Pulse nightclub in 2006. It was painted black at the time of the shooting.
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| Location | 1912 S. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 28°31′11″N 81°22′37″W / 28.51961°N 81.37683°WCoordinates: 28°31′11″N 81°22′37″W / 28.51961°N 81.37683°W |
| Date | June 12, 2016 2:02 a.m. – 5:14 a.m. EDT (UTC−04:00) |
| Target | Patrons of the Pulse gay nightclub |
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Attack type
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Mass shooting, hostage-taking |
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| Deaths | 50 (including the perpetrator) |
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Non-fatal injuries
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58 |
| Perpetrator | Omar Mir Seddique Mateen |
On June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old security guard, killed 49 people and wounded 58 others in a terrorist attack/hate crime inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States. He was shot and killed by Orlando Police Department (OPD) officers after a three-hour standoff. Pulse was hosting a "Latin Night" and thus most of the victims were Latinos. It was both the deadliest mass shooting by a single shooter and the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in United States history. It was also the deadliest terrorist attack in the United States since the September 11 attacks in 2001.
In a 9-1-1 call shortly after the shooting began, Mateen swore allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and said the shooting was "triggered" by the U.S. killing of Abu Waheeb in Iraq the previous month. He later told a negotiator he was "out here right now" because of the American-led interventions in Iraq and in Syria, and that the negotiator should tell the United States to stop bombing.
Initial reports said Mateen may have been a patron of the nightclub and used gay dating websites and apps, but Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials said they did not find any credible evidence to substantiate these claims. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) also conducted an investigation and said it found no evidence of communications between ISIL and Mateen.
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