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Omar Mir Seddique Mateen [1] (Pashto: عمر مير صديق متين; born Omar Mir Seddique; November 16, 1986 – June 12, 2016) was an American terrorist and mass murderer who killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, before he was killed in a shootout with the local police.
The gunman was identified as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, [96] an American born in New Hyde Park, New York. [ 97 ] [ 98 ] His parents were Afghans , and he was raised Muslim. [ 99 ] At the time of the shooting, he lived in an apartment complex in Fort Pierce, Florida , 117 mi (188 km) from the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
Officials have identified the gunman in the Orlando nightclub mass shooting that left at least 50 dead and more than 50 others wounded.
Pulse was a gay bar, dance club, and nightclub in Orlando, Florida, founded in 2004 by Barbara Poma and Ron Legler.On June 12, 2016, the club was the scene of the second-worst mass shooting by a single gunman in U.S. history, and the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since the September 11 attacks.
A gunman killed at least 50 people and injured 53 others in a gay nightclub in Florida early on Sunday before police shot him dead.
Lawyers defending the wife of Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen, Noor Salman, are using this revelation to call for a mistrial. Lawyers defending the wife of Pulse nightclub gunman Omar Mateen ...
Omar Mateen, a New York-born US citizen of Afghan descent residing in Fort Pierce, Florida, [10] entered the Pulse nightclub at around 2:00 a.m. armed with a semiautomatic rifle and handgun. After committing what was at that point the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, Mateen was killed around 5:00 a.m. during a gunfight involving ...
Noor Salman, the spouse of Omar Mateen, has reportedly vanished just days after her husband killed 49 people in the largest mass shooting in U.S. history.