In grief and outrage. You will not break us. We are better people than this. Good evening from orlando. Im lester holt and this is a special edition of dateline. At least 50 dead, 53 wounded, many of them in critical condition. The biggest mass shooting in american history, and says president obama. An act of terror. The gunman omar mateen, stormed a gay nightclub, armed with an assault style military nightclub, opened fire and left the dance floor covered in blood. His motive, pure rate. Reporter it was supposed to be a night of fun, letting your hair down, saturday night had become early sunday morning, the music loud and funky. This video posted on the internet from inside club pulse around 1 00 a. M. Last call, last dance, latin theme night was wrapping up. A crowd of about 300 packed into orlandos popular gay nightclub. Approximately 2 00 a. M. , everything changed, the gunman holding an Assault Rifle encountered an offduty Police Officer and exchanged fire with him. Entered the c
As mayor dyer said, at this point the nightclub pulse has been cleared and deemed safe of any devices. We are in the process of clearing the suspects vehicle which is a van right outside. And just we ask that people be patient, unfortunately there are many victims inside the club. But like was said, you know, our priority will be on the identification of the victims, notification of the next of kin. I also want to take this opportunity to thank all of the outpouring of law en Law Enforcement support from as far away as boston and chicago that let us use their resources if needed. And of course Great Community support from the Central Florida Law Enforcement community as well. I also want to commend the heroic and courageous actions of the initial Law Enforcement officers, and also the heroic actions of our s. W. A. T. Team who rescued 30 possible victims, and brought them to safety. Again at this point just patient because unfortunately this tragedy and the amount of bodies that are in
Us. As americans, we are you nighted in grief and outrage. You will not break us. We are better people than this. Good evening from orlab dough. Im lester holt and this is a special edition of dadateline. 50 dead and 50 wounded. President obama says an act of terror. The gunman omar mateen an american gunman with isis proclifts, opened style with an military Assault Rifle left the dance floor covered in blood. Nightclub, opened fire and left the dance floor covered in blood. His motive, pure rate. Reporter it was supposed to be a night of fun, letting your hair down, saturday night had become early sunday morning, the music loud and funky. This video posted on the internet from inside club pulse around 1 00 a. M. Last call, last dance, latin theme night was wrapping up. A crowd of about 300 packed into orlandos popular gay nightclub. Approximately 2 00 a. M. , everything changed, the gunman holding an Assault Rifle encountered an offduty Police Officer and exchanged fire with him. Ente
Didnt really move because they thought it was part of the music, because the music was so loud. And when it kept on going, i think everybodys instinct went to this is not music, this is gunshots. Oh, my god, theyre all shooting back and forth. Patron Joshua Mcgill described what he saw and heard. It was like boom, boom, boom. Were people screaming . People laying on the ground, taking cover. Jumping the fence. I think the pension actually broke with people pushing on it to get out. There was just too many shots, bang, bang, bang, thats when you know chaos, it was just turmoil. Patrons trapped inside began calling 911. Four us still hiding, lights are off in club. Cops are her thank you, i jumped out. Theres people still hiding inside the closet, that the shooters dont know theyre in there. The Club Managers managed to post this notice on their facebook page, everyone get out of pulse and keep running. If only they could. My son was in the nightclub what his boyfriend and other friends
As mayor dyer said, at this point the nightclub pulse has been cleared and deemed safe of any devices. We are in the process of clearing the suspects vehicle which is a van right outside. And just we ask that people be patient, unfortunately there are many victims inside the club. But like was said, you know, our priority will be on the identification of the victims, notification of the next of kin. I also want to take this opportunity to thank all of the outpouring of law en Law Enforcement support from as far away as boston and chicago that let us use their resources if needed. And of course Great Community support from the Central Florida Law Enforcement community as well. I also want to commend the heroic and courageous actions of the initial Law Enforcement officers, and also the actions of our s. W. A. T. Team who rescued 30 possible victims, and brought them to safety. Again at this point just patient because unfortunately this tragedy and the amount of bodies that are in there,