The terror attack took place. We know minutebyminute, how a single gunman carried out the attack. Nb has the details. Reporter a gay nightclub during this popular latin night. Music, dancing, and then gunfire. Amanda, who captured the shooting, is among the dead. Survivors in new detail, describing the terror. Gunshots to the arm, stomach, back. I could smell the ammo in the air. I was like, this is a gun. Its awful to experience this with my fellow family. Oh, my god. People are getting shot. Reporter at 2 00 a. M. , an off duty officer working security engages omar mateen, armed with an Assault Rifle like this. A handgun and plenty of ammunition. Nbc news has learned from authorities that the engaging administer retreated. Back up arrived in two minutes. The injured, pouring out. But others, like Eddie Justice, trapped inside. Texting his mother, mommy, i love you. A team of responding officers then engages mateen in another gun fight. Forcing him to retreat no one of the clubs four
Investigators searching for answers a a global outpouring of support. A gunman armed with an assault style rifle and handgun somewhered the pulse nightclub in orlando 2 00 this morning and opened fire. In all, 50 people were killed, another 53 are wounded. After a threehour standoff involving hostages, the s. W. A. T. People shot and killed the gunman. This afternoon the fbi identified him. He is 29yearold omar mateen. We have a team of reporters covering this story from the bay area all the way to florida. Lets begin with jay gray in orlando with the latest. Reporter good evening. The pulse nightclub behind us an active crime scene right now, less than 24 hours after the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. A makeshift morgue has been set up alongside the popular gay night spot as investigators continue their work here. Oh, my god. People are getting shot, dude. Witnesses describe it as a slaughter. Bang bang, screaming and loud noise. And the person next to me was shot. Reporter
The nied club where the terror attack took place and we know minutebyminute how the gunman carried out that attack. Reporter new images inside pulse. A gay nightclub during its popular latin night. Music. Dancing. And then gunfire. Amanda alvear who captured the shooting is among the dead. Today, survivors in new detail describing the scene of terror. Gunshots to the head, legs, arms, soldiers, stomach, backs. I could just smell the ammo in the air and said this is a gun. Its awful to experience this with my fellow families. Oh, my god. People are shot. Reporter at 2 00 a. M. , an offduty officer engages omar mateen armed with an ar15 assault style rifle like this, a handgun, and plenty of ammunition. Nbc news has learned from authorities that the arrived in two minutes. The injured pouring out. But others like Eddie Justice trapped inside, texting his mother, mommy, i love you. A team of responding officers then engaged mateen in another gun fight and forcing him to retrieve in a bath
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S. W. A. T. Team. They had punched holes through a wall and stormed the club. Many bodies upon bodies and lots of blood. Reporter and around the crime scene tape investigators are going over every inch. On them the perimeter of the club is surrounded by a small fence with dark material. The last of the bodies had been removed. The fbi says mateen spoke with the 911 operator three times sunday after pulling himself up in a bathroom at the club with hostages. President obama says the fight against attacks like this is on multiple front including gun control. But we also have to make sure that it is not easy for somebody who decides that they want to harm people in this country not to be able to obtain weapons. Reporter as many media members have sc scene, so have many well wishers. People with signs and bringing flowers an writing prayers on colored construction paper and a woman is hear offering hugs to victims and friends and families coming out of the hospital. This is a commune that