That breaking news is out of florida. This happened around 2 doolittle this morning florida time had at an orlando nightclub. This is is live picture behind the club that caters to the gay and lesbian community. At least 50 people were killed and at least 53 others injured. Police have identified the gunman. 29yearold omar the mateen. Mateen was a u. S. Born citizen known to Law Enforcement, but he was not the target of any investigation. His parents are from afghanistan. Investigators are calling this an act of terrorism. It may also be a hate crime. The mayor of orlando has asked the governor for a state of emergency to bring in more resources than and governor rick scott is on his way to orlando. I continue to be so proud of our community. Support that has been shown and the response. Im thankful for entities around the state of florida. The governor has made all right sources of the state of florida3 available. We have assistance from the white house. Every possible asset we have b
Of. May have been working as a security guard. One question obviously will be where did he get the weapons, and were told that that process of tracing the weapons hasnt started yet. I think that thats understandable given that they had a very horrific scene inside that nightclub to clear first. Once they have done their initial forensic look inside, then they will get the weapons out of there, turn them over presumably to the local authorities who will then enlist the help of the bureau o alcohol, tobacco and firearms who is the federal agency that will trace the weapons and see where they were purchased. We dont know anything in omar mir mateens past that would have disqualified him from purchasing them legally and both could have been legally purchased. Thats one question and the bigger question is why . Whats the motive . Thats the open question. There are early indications that mateen had connections with people involved in radical islam. Whether he was directed by that or whether
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
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,
The driver of this stolen honda was determined to not get caught. Police chased him and the c. H. P. Helicopter trailed him, he even demanded that police stop following him. High called 911 and made a few statements to dispatch and he relayed he was not going back to jail. He caught the attention of police when they realized the car was stolen but they had they pull back because he hopped on to highway 4 going the wrong direction. They immediately discontinued the pursuit because he was going the wrong way traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes. They kept the helicopter above him and a light to warn other drivers as he drove the wrong way on highway 4 and on interstate 80 through oakland. He finally exited in berkeley and crashed into this s. U. V. At california and hearst. Driver of the s. U. V. Was taken to the hospital and the suspect ran. The police knocked on the door at 4 00 a. M. And i was amazed to look out the window and see the big crash because i did not hear it. Get bac