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Orlando Shooting: 50 killed, LGBT American&#;s in grief
The gay, womxn loving womxn and transgender society has seen aggression before, from Harvey Milk to Matthew Shepard, and an ever-lengthening list of transgender women. But never anything fancy this.
Sunday&#;s massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, grimly changed the equation, stirring communal fears and swiftly prompting tighter security at gay self-acceptance events. The gunman, identified as Omar Mateen of Fort Pierce, Florida, told his father he had been disturbed by seeing two men kissing in Miami.
The attack on the Pulse nightclub, which killed at least 50 people and was the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to go out, occurred amid numerous events nationwide celebrating LGBT Pride Month. In several other cities hosting events on Sunday including block parties in Boston and a festival in Washington authorities beefed up the police presence.
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This &#;is a tragic illustration of the legitimate safety fears that those in our LGBT community inhabit with every day,&#; said Mike
Armed Suspect Headed to Same-sex attracted Pride Parade in Los Angeles Arrested
The arrest came only a few hours after a gunman in Orlando shot 50 people at a gay evening club.
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- A man armed with three assault rifles and chemicals used to create explosives was arrested in Southern California on Sunday and told police he was headed to a West Hollywood gay celebration parade, authorities said.
- The guy identified as James Wesley Howell was arrested after residents called police to report suspicious behaviour by a man who parked his white Acura sedan facing the wrong way. When officers arrived they found three assault rifles, high-capacity magazines and a five-gallon bucket with chemicals that could be used to make an explosive device.
- The arrest came just a few hours after at least 50 people were shot and killed in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, though police said they had found no evidence of any connection between the events.
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The shooting occurred at approximately 2 am and has claimed the lives of 49 people and left 53 injured.
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On Sunday, June 12, Americans woke up to the news of yet another mass shooting, this hour at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The shooting occurred at approximately 2 a.m. and has claimed the lives of 49 people and left 53 injured. The gunman, who held the club-goers hostage for three hours, was killed in a shootout with the Orlando police.
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Here’s what we know about the tragic event:
1. Location
The shooting occurred at Pulse nightclub in Florida. The club is a premier gay nightclub. They posted a chilling status at the time of the shooting which read, “everyone obtain out and keep running.”
Chilling upload by #PulseNightclub on FB after gunman opened fire overnight, killing at least #
— Nicole Emmett (@Nicole_Emmett)
Omar Mateen was a regular at Orlando club, used many gay ‘hook-up’ apps: Report
Omar Mateen, the gunman who massacred 49 people at the Pulse club in Orlando was himself a regular at the gay nightspot, four clubgoers told the Orlando Sentinel on Monday.
“Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and other times he would get so drunk he was loud and belligerent,” Ty Smith told the Sentinel, referring to the year-old slain shooter.
Smith told the paper that he saw Mateen inside at least a dozen times.
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“We didn’t really talk to him a lot, but I remember him saying things about his dad at times,” Smith said. “He told us he had a wife and child.”
Another Pulse regular, Kevin West, told the Los Angeles Times that Mateen messaged him on and off for a year using a gay chat app.
And other clubgoers told local media and MSNBC that Mateen had been using multiple gay apps, including Grindr, with shared acquaintances to “hook up”.
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