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
Theories. In the wake of a national tragedy. Nightly news from orlando starts right now. Announcer terror in orlando, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from orlando. Good evening. First, the shock and now the soulsearching questions. Tonight we now know virtually minute by minute how a single gunman perpetrated the deadliest shooting in American History and about the three phone calls between the terrorists and a 911 operator during the siege. The questions focus on how a man previously investigated by the fbi over jihadist sympathies still managed to slip below the radar, to buy guns and commit this hideous attack. And there are questions about the police response, and the timing of their assault. A day of rapid developments about the killer, his motivations, the victims, and those they leave behind. And we begin our expanded coverage with nbcs miguel almaguer. Reporter tonight new images inside pulse. The gay nightclub during its popular last night. Music,
Wild conspiracy theories. In the wake of a national tragedy. Nightly news from orlando starts right now. Announcer terror in orlando, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from orlando. Good evening. First, the shock and now the soulsearching questions. Tonight we now know virtually minute by minute how a single gunman perpetrated the deadliest shooting in American History and about the three phone calls between the terrorists and a 911 operator during the siege. The questions focus on how a man previously investigated by the fbi over jihadist sympathies still managed to slip below the radar, to buy guns and commit this hideous attack. And there are questions about the police response, and the timing of their assault. A day of rapid developments about the killer, his motivations, the victims, and those they leave behind. And we begin our expanded coverage with nbcs miguel reporter tonight new images inside pulse. The gay nightclub during its popular last night. M
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
Good evening from orlando, florida, where this community is still reeling from the worst mass shooting in u. S. History. A devastating attack on a gay nightclub right behind me here that left 53 people wounded and 50 dead, including the gunman. Tonight i have exclusive new reporting to bring you on that gunmans past which raised new questions about his motivations. Two of the guys got information. Now theres new reporting tonight from the Palm Beach Post that a former Police Academy classmate says he believes at the time that mateen was gay. Joining me now on the phone, Palm Beach Post staff writer lawrence mower, what did you learn in your reporting . Well, i contacted this former classmate to discuss basically their time at the police acad y academy. During the course of my interview with him, he said that he and other classmates would kind of hang out after class and, including omar mateen. And he said that, you know, this group of friends, including the teen, would go to gay clubs