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BREAKING NEWS – A gunman opened fire Sunday morning at a Florida nightclub
, killing “around 20 people” in a crime that law enforcement authorities
are investigating as a terror incident.
The shooting in Orlando at Pulse, which bills itself as "the hottest gay bar
" in the city and was packed with more than 300 people, was reported minutes
after 2 a.m. Sunday. In addition to those killed inside the club, at least
42 people were taken to area hospitals.
The gunman, whose identity was not immediately released, “may have leanings
” toward radical Islam, FBI Special Agent in Charge Ron Harper said when
asked whether the suspect had ties to Jihadist terror groups. Harper said
the investigation is looking into possible threats made previously by the
suspect in connection to radical Islam groups. He said the agency is still
investigating and has yet to confirm any role a terror group may have played
in the mass shooting.
“There are allegations the individual made threats in the past to having
ties to terrorist organizations,” Harper told Fox News.
"At this time we're looking at all angles right now," Harper said. "We do
have suggestions that that individual may have leanings toward [radical
Islam], that particular ideology. But right now we can’t say definitively
so we’re still running everything around.”
The incident “is being investigated as an act of terrorism,” said Danny
Banks, special agent in charge at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement,
who added that “around 20” people are believed dead inside the nightclub.
Law enforcement authorities are looking into several terrorism
angles – in the United States and overseas, The New York Times reported.
Banks said the suspected shooter – who was armed with an “assault-type
rifle” and a handgun -- also was dead inside the club, where he was shot
and killed at around 5 a.m. in a shootout with SWAT team officers who were
called in “to rescue hostages,” Chief John Mina of the Orlando Police
Department said.
Mina said officers were engaged in a gun battle outside the club before the
suspect went back into the building, where more shots were fired. He said
the gunman then took several hostages.
"It appears he was organized and well-prepared," the chief said, adding that
the shooter had an assault-type weapon, a handgun and "some type of (other)
device on him."
At least 9 officers were involved in raiding the nightclub, and one officer
was injured, according to Banks. The injured officer was hit by a bullet and
his Kevlar helmet saved his life, Banks said.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer credited law enforcement with saving more lives by
their heroic efforts.
“Many were saved by the heroic efforts of the Orlando Police Department and
Orange County Sheriff’s Office,” he said.
Orlando Police said a controlled explosion did take place, Mina said they
used the sound as a diversion.
Officials said the next update will take place at 9 a.m. Police said local,
state and federal agencies were investigating.
Witnesses in the club reported mass chaos after hearing several shots ring
out inside the nightclub.
Pulse Orlando posted on its own Facebook page around 2 a.m.: "Everyone get
out of pulse and keep running." Just before 6 a.m., the club posted an
update: "As soon as we have any information we will update everyone. Please
keep everyone in your prayers as we work through this tragic event. Thank
you for your thoughts and love."
Mina Justice was outside the club early Sunday trying to contact her 30-year
-old son Eddie, who texted her when the shooting happened and asked her to
call police. He told her he ran into a bathroom with other club patrons to
hide. He then texted her: "He's coming."
"The next text said: 'He has us, and he's in here with us,'" she said. "That
was the last conversation."
Jon Alamo said he was at the back of one of the club's rooms when a man
holding a weapon came into the front of the room.
"I heard 20, 40, 50 shots," Alamo said. "The music stopped."
Club-goer Rob Rick said it happened around, 2 a.m., just before closing time.
"Everybody was drinking their last sip," he said.
He estimated more than 100 people were still inside when he heard shots, got
on the ground and crawled toward a DJ booth. A bouncer knocked down a
partition between the club area and an area in the back where only workers
are allowed. People inside were able to then escape through the back of the
club.
Christopher Hansen said he was in the VIP lounge when he started hearing
gunshots. He continued to hear shooting even after he emerged, where police
were telling people to back away from the club. He saw injured people being
tended to across the street.
"I was thinking, are you kidding me? So I just dropped down. I just said
please, please, please, I want to make it out," he said. "And when I did, I
saw people shot. I saw blood. You hope and pray you don't get shot."
The incident follows the fatal shooting late Friday of 22-year-old singer
Christina Grimmie, who was killed after her concert in Orlando by a 27-year-
old Florida man who later killed himself. Grimmie was a YouTube sensation
and former contestant on "The Voice."
Police said there was no more threat to the area.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. |
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