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Title: About 20 people dead in gay nightclub shooting, Orlando police say
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URL Source: http://www.latimes.com/nation/natio ... oting-20160612-snap-story.html
Published: Jun 12, 2016
Author: Orlando Sentinel
Post Date: 2016-06-12 09:23:15 by Stoner
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Views: 11598
Comments: 72
A gunman took people hostage overnight inside Pulse nightclub in Orlando, where about 20 people were killed and 42 were taken to the hospital, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said at a morning news conference. The gunman, who has not been identified, was carrying an assault rifle, a handgun and a "device." The Orange County Sheriff’s Office hazardous device team is now searching the area. The FBI is assisting with the investigation. Agents say they cannot rule this out as an act of domestic terrorism and that the suspect, who is not from Orlando, may have leanings toward extreme ideologies. Witnesses said they heard at least 40 shots fired inside the popular gay club and estimated that at least 20 people had been shot. Police reported just before 6 a.m. that the shooter inside the club was dead. Mina said his officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect in two shootings. Nine officers were involved in the shooting and one sustained an injury to his head and was saved by his helmet. Dozens of emergency vehicles surrounded the chaotic scene at the club at 1912 S. Orange Ave. after the 2 a.m. shooting and rescue squads were transporting multiple victims to area hospitals. The Orlando Fire Department called for its bomb squad and hazardous material team to the scene after 3 a.m. Police K-9 dogs are searching the area around nearby Orlando Regional Medical Center with an armed deputy in head-to-toe military gear. Emergency workers were seen taking victims away from the scene in large trucks--in one case, an emergency worker was doing chest compressions on one of the victims. Just after the shooting, Pulse Orlando posted a note to its web page that said "Everyone get out of Pulse and keep running." The popular gay bar was full of people at the time of the incident. Mass shooting at Orlando nightclub Emotional witnesses and family members of those who were in the club surrounded the area around the club after the shooting, which one witness said lasted the duration of an entire song. Javer Antonetti, 53, went out to the club with his brother. He was toward the back of the room when he heard shots ring out. "There were so many, at least 40," he said. "I saw two guys and it was constant, like 'pow, pow, pow,' " he said. He said he ran out of the club. His brother is on crutches and was stuck inside. Antonetti said authorities were able to help save his brother, who he says is uninjured but still near the club. "I'm not going anywhere," he said. "Police told me he's safe but he's still stuck back there." He's waiting near Orlando Regional Medical Center. Antonetti noticed when he made it out safe that he has blood smears on his shirt. He said he doesn't know how they got there and didn't see how many were injured. Witness Rosie Feba said she took her girlfriend to the club for the first time Saturday night. It was near closing time. "She told me someone was shooting. Everyone was getting on the floor," Feba said. "I told her I didn't think it was real, I thought it was just part of the music, until I saw fire coming out of his gun." Feba and her girlfriend ran out of the club. On the way out, they saw a man who had been shot. Feba grabbed him. Others around her called 911. Some of the man's blood stained the sleeve of her striped T-shirt. Both Feba and her girlfriend were unharmed, but shaken. They waited in a CVS parking lot for more information. Friday night, singer Christina Grimmie was fatally shot as she signed autographs after performing at the Plaza Live theater in Orlando. Grimmie had gained fame as a YouTube performer and a contestant on “The Voice.”
FBI on scene awfully quick. Read on another site where posters were speculating that the shooter was one of Obungholes pet muzzie imports. IDK.
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#2. To: Stoner (#0)
The Deckards of society giving the Feds more voter support to keep a watchful eye the Deckards and Buckies of society.
Orlando Killer Was NYPD Fan - This Tells Us What? Last night some deadbeat loser killed more than 50 people in a gay club in Orlando, Florida. It is the largest shooting massacre in the U.S. since Wounded Knee. According to his ex-wife the man, one Omar Mateen, used to beat her and was not religious. He had worked for the private prison and mercenary corporation G4S for more than five years. There were U.S. Marines stickers on his car. Earlier Mateen took pictures of himself and posted those on Myspace. The pics are selfies and mostly not remarkable but in TWO of them he wears shirts with New York Police Department emblems on them. This tells us what? There is currently a lot of speculation, but no public evidence, that the guy was also a fan of the Islamic State (ISIS) death cult. None of the pictures he posted points into that direction, but it still may be the case. But what does that really tell us? Was his emotional relation to ISIS as strong as his emotional relation to the NYPD? Do such assumed allegiances tell us anything at all?
That whole post was as stupid as a 17 year old Paultard in the 3rd grade. Ask yourself who killed this piece of worthless diaper head shit. Was it the military? No. Was it an armed faggot? No. Was it Ron Pailtard himself? Fuck no. Was it one of the armed rabid Paultard government hating, revolt threatening militia? NO. It was who you claim he loved and admired.... LAW ENFORCEMENT. Dumb shit. Good thing we train, arm and equip LE with the kind of gear it takes to wipe out domestic terrorists, like yourself. I notice you didn't do anything to save the fags. By the way... anyone ask Peter Puffer if all his relatives are ok? After all, by his own admission, he was 40 times more likely to lose a family member in this active gunman incident.
#40. To: GrandIsland (#39)
Yeah - great job LE. The cops and Feds could have stopped this massacre - but they didn't. US Law Enforcement Knew Florida Shooter BEFORE Shooting By the way... anyone ask Peter Puffer if all his relatives are ok? At least you aren't trying to conceal the fact that you are thrilled to see the 50-some "faggots" murdered. Too much of a coward to do it yourself I suppose.
Are you referring to sneakypete? Isn't he still banned?
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestFBI is assisting with the investigation. Agents say they cannot rule this out as an act of domestic terrorism and that the suspect, who is not from Orlando, may have leanings toward extreme ideologies.
#38. To: GrandIsland (#2)
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#39. To: Deckard (#38)
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The guy was a follower of the NYPD? He had pledged allegiance to the NYPD? G4S or the NYPD radicalized him and taught him to hate gays?
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#42. To: GrandIsland, sneakypete, Y'ALL (#39)
By the way... anyone ask Peter Puffer if all his relatives are ok? After all, by his own admission, he was 40 times more likely to lose a family member in this active gunman incident
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