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During the attack, Mateen called 911 and pledged his allegiance to ISIS, FBI Special Agent In Charge Ron Hopper told reporters. Mateen, who had been armed with a handgun and AR-15-type rifle, was killed at the scene after a SWAT team stormed the club, Hopper said. Mateen was born and raised in New York until…
Photo Investigators at the scene of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday. Credit Carlo Allegri/Reuters PARIS — The revelation that the 29-year-old man who opened fire on Sunday in a gay nightclub had dedicated the killing to the Islamic State has prompted a now-familiar question: Was the killer truly…
One day after the worst mass shooting in United States history, the Islamic State’s official radio station issued a statement formally claiming responsibility for the attack. The announcement, on the Al Bayan station of the Islamic State, comes on the heels of a similar, brief statement on Sunday, made through the terrorist group’s news agency….
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The death toll from the nightclub shooting was raised from 20 to 50, officials announced on Sunday morning. The shooter was among the dead, police said. A further 53 people were taken to hospital. “Today we’re dealing with something we never imagined and is unimaginable,” Orlando Mayor Buddy Deyer told reporters shortly after 10:15 a.m….
Orlando police officers direct family members away from a shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP hide caption toggle caption Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Orlando police officers direct family members away from a shooting at a nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Sunday. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP A gunman opened fire…
Media captionEyewitness Anthony Torres fled the scene and filmed as he watched people shooting “back and forth” At least 20 people have been killed and some 42 injured in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, police say. Orlando Police said officers entered the Pulse Club about three hours after the shooting unfolded…
By Elizabeth Spiers | 11:38 am, June 11, 2016 Do you support a death penalty for media organizations? And if so, what crime is so heinous as to warrant it? Does persuading the American public that we should be dragged into a $2 trillion war over false claims of WMDs qualify? Does a large, enormously…
This entry posed an artistic conundrum. You see, it’s basically two stories. One of Lyudmila’s time in the war, and one of her time in the US, and later reconnection with Eleanor Roosevelt. When I first put the two back-to-back, they didn’t mesh well at all. In one, you had Lyudmila as bloodthirsty killer, in the other, you had a middle-aged woman…
A 21-year-old man wielding two handguns shot former “The Voice” contestant Christina Grimmie after a Friday night concert in Florida, and then fatally shot himself, police said Saturday. Grimmie, 22, died from her injuries from the shooting, which happened around 10:30 p.m. ET at The Plaza Live in Orlando. The singer had opened for…