So. We had a few drinks. And i had just closed my bar tab on the outside bar. And as we were walking out, the promoter, nema a good friend of mine, he signaled me over and offered to get me a drink. We were standing at the bar, at the corner of the bar. There were four of us around the loop of the bar. And we just heard some shots or what sounded like shots but we thought it was part of the music. We didnt know. The guy next to us said it was just the music. And then i just started hearing glass breaking and we knew that it wasnt part of the music. So we all hit the floor. And i crawled around the bar and underneath the ice well where there was two or three other people there. And just laid there with one of the other bartender friends of mine. She was hysterical and i was trying to calm her down. She was trying to calm me down. And the shots were right above our head. Like all the bottles in the bar that were on the shelf right a foot away from us were just shattering and breaking. And glass was everywhere. Liquor was everywhere. And then i could hear a radio, and i wasnt sure if it was the officer that was there, or if the guy who was communicating with another person because i dont know if there was somebody else there or not. I heard Different Things. But i only know of one person. And it seemed like hours had gone by when those people got there. Until the police got there it probably was only 15 minutes or not even 15 minutes. How did you get out of there . It was on the corner of the entrance to where everybody the staff goes into the bar. And i just crawled on the floor into the underneath the ice well that was there. Was anybody frank, he was hit. Did you know that . I didnt know i didnt know where he was. We were standing next to each other but i dont know where he was when i crawled on the other side. There were so many people on that corner right there that i didnt know where anybody was. So you never saw him get hit . No. The music was going and then all of the sudden it stopped. There was no music. All you could hear was sprays of bullets just over and over again. Did you ever see the killer . No. Did you ever see the flash from any light near the weapon or anything . We were under the bar and we just stayed there and didnt move until everything was over. Were people screaming . Yeah. People screaming. People crying. Like you could hear people everywhere. Did the killer say anything . Was he yelling anything . Didnt hear anything. I didnt hear all i could hear and even last night when i was trying to go to sleep, all i could hear was gunshots. Haunting . Yeah. So, when you got outside, what did you do . There was a guy that was hit really bad. There was four of us. And underneath the bar area four or five of us. And there was a guy hit really bad. And the police had us hold our hands up if we were still alive to hold our hands up. This was inside the bar. Yes. The police came in while you were inside the bar. They told us if we were alive to hold our hands up. We held our hands up. And within seconds they said get back down because the guy was still inside. So we got back down again and then they told us to put our hands up again, and we went out of the bar. And we they told us to just keep running. So when we got outside like through the glass that was broken in the front and the front door area, there was a guy on the ground there. I dont remember if he was inside or on the ground there, but the police asked us to help carry him. So there was four of us that carried him out and his arm, he was shot in the arm pretty bad. The bartender that was next to me was shot in the leg. When we got to a safe area behind the did you dunkin donus the cops asked us to take off or shirts and everything and tie it around the wound of the people we were with. The place inside with the the police were in the bar when he was actually shooting. As i was going off the dance floor area to run out of that exit, there was a cop with like a machine gun standing there on the inside of the bar . And nobody knew where the killer was . No. Was it too dark to sort of identify where the killer was . I couldnt even told you it was a cop. It was dark in there at that time. Like, if i wouldnt have put two and two together that it was the police and safe to get out of there, i wouldnt have been able to know who it was standing there. It was dark in there. And were you looking for frank at that point . Yeah, i looked for him everywhere out there. He wasnt there. I asked if he was in another staging area. They said there was another staging area, but they didnt know where it was or who was there. Or anything. How far away was he from you when you were in the bar before the shooting started . He was right next to me. Closer than you and i are . Closer than we are. And you never saw him get shot . No, and when i walked out, i looked for him. There was so many people on the floor like face down and blood everywhere. I just want to do get out of there. I looked for him. I didnt see him and i was just hoping that he got out like i knew what he was wearing and i looked for his shirt and i couldnt see anybodys face. Everybody was face down on the ground that was there i looked for him at the Police Department because they took a bus before us. So when we got to the Police Department, i looked for him there, and he wasnt there. And from there i went to the hospital and they didnt want to give me any information at the hospital. It was hard to get into the hospital. I left my name and my phone number. They put the hotline number that i called 500 times yesterday. And it was more of an Answering Service than it was anything. I still havent heard anything back from anybody there. I wouldnt know that anything happened if it wasnt for his family that drove here from louisiana and went to the Crisis Center today. Who notified the family . Im guessing the im guessing the police. But i mean that they drove here . I contacted them. And said i cant find him . Well, i contacted his best friend. I didnt have his moms she got in touch with his sister which got in touch with me. They left within 30 minutes and were driving here. And so then all day sunday you were looking for him. No luck. We went to the Crisis Center. And they named off a list of names that were at two hospitals and he wasnt on either one of those lists. So at that point they basically told us that they didnt know. Like he was probably one of the casualties that didnt make it. And so this morning i woke up thinking positive thoughts. There were 36 names and he wasnt on that list of people that had died. So i was hoping that he was just somewhere. And i got the call around 1 00 that his family had just found out that he didnt make it. How is the family doing . Probably pretty poorly. I cant even really understand them on the phone because they are crying so much. And its not good for anybody right now. Tell me about him. Where did you first meet him . I met him here in orlando. He had just moved here from texas. And we actually met at another nightclub. And we didnt talk for a couple weeks after that and he had been here about two weeks. And he called me and asked me if we wanted to have a radio do of our first date, i guess per se. And we did. And ever since then, we have probably spent in three years two weeks apart from each other. Like if he had to go somewhere for work or visit his family or i went somewhere for work is the only time we were not together. So, you have a relationship with him. Bought a house together . We have a house together. And everything was fine until saturday night . Yeah. If i could go back and change, this we wouldnt have even left the house. You know, its so hard to understand the evil of, this isnt it . As i said to you when i sat down, i dont even know what to say to you. I was afraid i wasnt even going to be able to do this interview because this morning when i got the news, i couldnt stop crying every time i look at facebook and see this outpour of people sending their condolences, i cant even look at it because it just brings tears to my eyes every single time. Im fine one minute and the next minute im a basket case. Its just its a lot to take in. You never think that Something Like this will happen to you. Like you see things like this on the news and you are like, god, im so glad i wasnt there. Its just something that you i wouldnt wish this on anybody. You know, for me, its like, you know, listening to these stories, its a regular saturday night and everybody is going out to have fun and everything is, you know, the whole point is to have fun and to meet people and have a social night. And then this. Yeah. I dont even usually go to pulse on saturday night. And i just it just was a fluke that we happened to be there last night or two nights ago. I havent had much sleep so i dont really know what day it is. How are you . Thats probably a stupid question to ask. I dont even know what to ask you. Im getting by. I mean, i dont know i went to my house yesterday to pick up some clothes and it was very hard to walk in our bedroom and see his things there and and i knew i couldnt stay there last night and thank god my friend lisa had me at her house. Do you know any of the other people that were there . Any other deaths . I know six people on the list so far. Six on the list . Yeah. And who are they . I mean three of them are acquaintances that i know from the club. And i mean one of them, i have known since i was a teenager. And i couldnt believe it when i saw his name on the list there. And the guy that i carried out was another one that ended up not making it through. The one who was so badly injured . Yeah. Boy, its unthinkable, isnt it . Its i dont i cant even describe how i the emotions that are going through my mind and my body and everything like that. Tough. I was actually surprised that you wanted to talk to us, you know, because i know that you just learned about it and i figure somewhat you are a little bit in shock sort of is my thought. Well, i mean, the thing is that if i dont get the story out there, who is going to tell it . Like i mean you dont want somebody to give you a fabricated story or something that hearsay that i have been hearing on the news. I mean, you want to know something from somebody that was actually there and had to go through this incident. How do you get in with a gun like that . I mean, how do you walk past people like with Something Like that . I mean, once you are in, you are in. So you really there is really nothing you can do. I dont blame the club. I dont blame the owners. I dont blame any of them. I blame myself for a lot of it because we could have easily just stayed home. You cant blame yourself. Thats not right. You know, going out on a saturday night you shouldnt blame yourself. Dont blame yourself. Regardless im going just whats going through my mind. What was frankie like . He was a great guy. He was very funny so much like we did everything together. We have traveled. We have been on two cruzs. We were planning to go to new york next month for his birthday. And all that in one night. Just gone. We appreciate breath taking the bret taking the time to speak with us. You can see it on gretawire. Com. As we continue our coverage we are looking live at a vigil in orlando. Thousands of people gathering to pay their respects to the innocent People Killed. This community is certainly doing everything they can to come together. Now to the investigation, the gun map, the mass murder omar mateen was armed with a handgun and semiautomatic rifle. In this chilling video you can hear the constant barrage of bullets as he viciously murders his innocent victims. [gunfire] oh my god. People are getting shot, dude. We need to get out of here. Oh my god, dude. The guy is firing off shots. [gunfire] who is this isis inspired terrorist . Griff jennings is in florida. Griff . We are outside of mateens apartment in fort pierce about 110 miles south of you. When ted and i arrived here earlier this morning, shockingly the back door was wide open. We did not go in. One of our colleagues in the media, the daily mail did. You will see one of those pictures in just a moment. The local Police Arrived as well while we were there investigating this as a possible breakin. Most importantly, we also talked to some neighbors to try to find more about who omar mateen was. Take a look. We are here at the apartment of the killer omar mateen. When you look here this is the entrance to mateens apartment. As you can see, we will not go in, but you can see that there is furniture in there. There is absolutely nothing that would lead anybody to believe that based upon what we see in this apartment that mateen became the killer of 49 people in orlando, florida. The fbi did what we would define as a scrub of this apartment. They were looking in to the electronics, meaning the cell phone. They were looking at the computers. I was shocked and a little bit scared to tell you the truth. A little bit scared. I know that we had such a monster just leaving feet away from us. Its scary. Too close to home. You dont expect Something Like that. I mean, we had fbi agents knocking on our door at 7 00 in the morning saying you need to leave your house. So, thats a scary thick. And then watching the news not knowing if you are going to come back to a place because we have heard all sorts of things the place might be booby trapped and whatnot there might be a bomb in the place that might go off. And we didnt know if we would have a home to go come back to. You were worried there might be a bomb . Absolutely. All we were told when the fbi knocked on our door early is that something serious has happened and a bomb squad is coming. Greta, we also traveled to the mosque where omar worships. Its only three and a half miles from this apartment. He worshiped friday the day before the attack. We also from stun to do learn that salah, the person you have heard described as being a possible acquaintance of omar mateen who was the First American suicide bomber in syria also worshipped there and the man we spoke to said he knew both of them. Here is what he had to say. He used to come and pray behind imam night prayer. He would come pray, and leave. Basically. He would never speak. Never made eye contact. He was very quiet. They are all in shock, basically. Nobody believes it has happened. We just were overwhelmed and dont know how to react on Something Like this. Its horrible, horrible. Its a bad thing that has happened. You know, obviously, a few years ago abu salah attended the mosque here, became the suicide bomber in syria. Now omar. The country looks at this little mosque and says something must be here. What do you say . I have no comment on that. I have no idea. You have to talk to the imam. I cant say anything. Is there any sort of rhetoric here. No. There is no rhetoric, that, i can say. There is no rhetoric. Can you listen to our imam. There is no rhetoric. Nothing like that. We are against isis and all this hamas and arched r. And r. Arched are after and al qaeda. Quiet community in fort pierce. Griff, the Orlando Sentinel is reporting that mateen visited the pulse, which is behind me several times. They are reporting that we havent confirmed it you have heard anything there about whether he visited the pulse several times before his slaughter on saturday night . We have not spoken to anyone yet who can confirm that were hearing all sorts of things accomplices, even some of these folks may have gone to pulse. We have nothing to confirm that just yet. Griff and thank you both. How did he legally get his hands on guns . Catherine herridge is standing by to go on the record. More its more than the cloud. Its security and flexibility. Its where great ideas and vital data are stored. With centurylink you get advanced Technology Solutions from a trusted it partner. Including cloud and hosting services all backed by an industry leading Broadband Network and people committed to helping you grow your business. You get a company thats more than just the sum of its parts. Centurylink. Your link to whats next. They are. Do i look smarter . Yeah, a little. Youre making money now, are you investing . Well, ive been doing some research. Let me introduce you to our broker. How much does he charge . I dont know. Okay. 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The fbi interviewing mateen twice, the mass murdererred admits saying to coworkers out of anger because he was teased for being muslim. 10 months later the fbi investigation is closed. Then in july 2014, the fbi is again knocking admah teens door, this time for having ties to a u. S. Suicide bomber. The killer knew him casually from attending the same mosque in that area of florida. Comey says the second fbi investigation determined that any contact was minimal and his connection was not critical. The man who would become a terrorist mass murderer slipping through the cracks. Fox news chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge has been working her sources. Catherine, this is now an fbi investigation. What are they telling you . Greta, look, the critical period appears to be in the spring of 2014 when omar mateen surfaced in the second fbi investigation. At that time when they were looking at this american suicide bomber, they went to that mosque where you just had that report from with griff. And they asked is there anyone else on the path to radicalization, and a witness there identified omar mateen and said this is a guy who is watching videos of the american cleric anwar al awlaki. And what we know from our ongoing reporting here at fox news is that people who are watching the videos or listening to the sermons of the american cleric who was targeted for death by the cia in 2011, they are well down the path to reaction. This is a