gunshots. oh, my god, they re all shooting back and forth. patron joshua mcgill described what he saw and heard. it was like boom, boom, boom. were people screaming? people laying on the ground, taking cover. jumping the fence. i think the pension actually broke with people pushing on it to get out. there was just too many shots, bang, bang, bang, that s when you know chaos, it was just turmoil. patrons trapped inside began calling 911. four us still hiding, lights are off in club. cops are here, but haven t got us yet. thank you, i jumped out. there s people still hiding inside the closet, that the shooters don t know they re in there. the club managers managed to post this notice on their facebook page, everyone get out of pulse and keep running. if only they could. my son was in the nightclub what his boyfriend and other friends and i know that his boyfriend has been shot multiple times and is in the emergency room. reporter: the gunman armed with his rif
in grief and outrage. you will not break us. we are better people than this. good evening from orlando. i m lester holt and this is a special edition of dateline. at least 50 dead, 53 wounded, many of them in critical condition. the biggest mass shooting in american history, and says president obama. an act of terror. the gunman omar mateen, stormed a gay nightclub, armed with an assault style military nightclub, opened fire and left the dance floor covered in blood. his motive, pure rate. reporter: it was supposed to be a night of fun, letting your hair down, saturday night had become early sunday morning, the music loud and funky. this video posted on the internet from inside club pulse around 1:00 a.m. last call, last dance, latin theme night was wrapping up. a crowd of about 300 packed into orlando s popular gay nightclub. approximately 2:00 a.m., everything changed, the gunman holding an assault rifle encountered an offduty police officer and exchanged fire with
us. as americans, we are you nighted in grief and outrage. you will not break us. we are better people than this. good evening from orlab dough. i m lester holt and this is a special edition of da dateline. 50 dead and 50 wounded. president obama says an act of terror. the gunman omar mateen an american gunman with isis proclifts, opened style with an military assault rifle left the dance floor covered in blood. nightclub, opened fire and left the dance floor covered in blood. his motive, pure rate. reporter: it was supposed to be a night of fun, letting your hair down, saturday night had become early sunday morning, the music loud and funky. this video posted on the internet from inside club pulse around 1:00 a.m. last call, last dance, latin theme night was wrapping up. a crowd of about 300 packed into orlando s popular gay nightclub. approximately 2:00 a.m., everything changed, the gunman holding an assault rifle encountered an offduty police officer and exchanged
as americans, we are united in grief and outrage. you will not break us. we are better people than this. good evening from orlando. i m lester holt and this is a special edition of dateline. at least 50 dead, 53 wounded, many of them in critical condition. the biggest mass shooting in american history, and says president obama. an act of terror. the gunman omar mateen, stormed a gay nightclub, armed with an assault style military nightclub, opened fire and left the dance floor covered in blood. his motive, pure rate. reporter: it was supposed to be a night of fun, letting your hair down, saturday night had become early sunday morning, the music loud and funky. this video posted on the internet from inside club pulse around 1:00 a.m. last call, last dance, latin theme night was wrapping up. a crowd of about 300 packed into orlando s popular gay nightclub. approximately 2:00 a.m., everything changed, the gunman holding an assault rifle encountered an offduty police of
didn t really move because they thought it was part of the music, because the music was so loud. and when it kept on going, i think everybody s instinct went to this is not music, this is gunshots. oh, my god, they re all shooting back and forth. patron joshua mcgill described what he saw and heard. it was like boom, boom, boom. were people screaming? people laying on the ground, taking cover. jumping the fence. i think the pension actually broke with people pushing on it to get out. there was just too many shots, bang, bang, bang, that s when you know chaos, it was just turmoil. patrons trapped inside began calling 911. four us still hiding, lights are off in club. cops are her thank you, i jumped out. there s people still hiding inside the closet, that the shooters don t know they re in there. the club managers managed to post this notice on their facebook page, everyone get out of pulse and keep running. if only they could. my son was in the nightclub what