And 53 were injured after a crazed gunman who pledged allegiance to isis open fire inside a gay nightclub in orlando. Im walter perez. Unspeakable massacre that occurred in orlando. Tonight president obama ordered flags to be flown at half staff all across the country as investigators, poured through omar mateens background to get a better understanding of the motive behind this despicable act. We have Team Coverage tonight. Action News Reporter jeff chirico and Trish Hartman has reaction from the lb gt community and security measures taken across our region. Christie ileto spoke with the former official from home land security, and chad pradelli is in orlando with what we know about the suspect. We will begin with abcs Marci Gonzales on how horror unfolded. Good evening. It started at pulse nightclub at around 2 00 this morning and continued, for about three hours, and that is when the swat team moved into try to rescue dozens of hostages and killed the gun man. We are now learning mo
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