Pulse Nightclub Shooting Categories: 06-June, Mass Shooting, Terrorism Timelines: Attacks
June 12, 2016:
“Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, 29, armed with a rifle and a handgun, began shooting patrons inside Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Law enforcement officers entered the nightclub and engaged the shooter. The shooter then barricaded himself inside a bathroom with hostages for approximately three hours. Forty-nine people were killed; 53 were wounded. The shooter was killed in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers after they breached the building.” — FBI, Active Shooter Incidents
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