Orlando massacre was “revenge,” not terrorism, says man who claims he was gunman’s lover
Mateen was “very sweet” and liked to be “cuddled,” the man told Univision (Video). But he was upset about the way gay men responded to him. Omar Mateen, the Muslim gunman who committed the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, was “100 percent” gay and bore a grudge against Latino men because he felt used by […]
I reported Omar Mateen to the FBI. Trump is wrong that Muslims don’t do our part.
We love America, too, and we’re horrified by what our neighbor did. By Mohammed A. Malik June 20 at 1:40 PM Mohammed A. Malik is an entrepreneur in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Donald Trump believes American Muslims are hiding something. “They know what’s going on. They know that [Omar Mateen] was bad,” he said after the […]
Orlando gunman called for US to ‘stop bombing Syria and Iraq’
ORLANDO, Fla. — The gunman who launched last week’s deadly shooting rampage at an Orlando gay nightclub identified himself to police as an Islamic solider and demanded that the U.S. stop bombing Syria and Iraq, the FBI said Monday. “In the name of God the merciful … praise be to God,” Omar Mateen, a security […]
Coverage may spur new mass murderers seeking limelight, experts say
Among the most chilling details to emerge in the Orlando, Fla., massacre is that the killer paused during his three-hour rampage at the Pulse nightclub to search Facebook for news about it. “Pulse Orlando” and “shooting,” Omar Mateen typed into his smartphone, investigators found. His real-time search is a striking data point in what has […]
Male ex-classmate: He asked me out
An ex-classmate of Omar Mateen says the gunman wanted to date him. A man who was in the same 2006 police academy class told the Palm Beach Post that Mateen once asked him out romantically, and said they had spent time together at gay nightclubs after classes at the Indian River Community College police academy… […]
Gunman hung out at gay club ‘for years’ say Pulse regulars, used gay chat app
Omar Mateen was a regular at Pulse and possibly other gay clubs. “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 said… Smith told the Orlando Sentinel that he saw Mateen inside at least a […]
Omar Mateen Regularly Attended Pulse And Had A Profile On Gay Dating App
OMAR MATEEN Regularly Attended Pulse And Had A Profile On Gay Dating App As the minutes, hours and days quickly pass, not only are the details surrounding the Orlando massacre becoming clearer, but so are the details surrounding the shooter’s cryptic life and his baffling motives. Since the shooting, we’ve learned that Omar Mateen was […]
Orlando attacker Omar Mateen ‘frequented gay nightclub’
A number of witnesses have told US media outlets that the perpetrator of the Orlando gay nightclub massacre was a regular visitor at the venue. Omar Mateen killed 49 people at the site on Sunday in the worst mass shooting in US history before being shot dead by police officers. The shooter had called 911 […]
Report: Florida shooter frequented gay club
Acquaintances say that Omar Mateen, the terrorist who murdered 49 people in a Florida LGBT club, was himself not straight. Ty Smith, a regular at the club, spoke with the Orlando Sentinel about seeing Mateen at least a dozen times. “Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and […]
US Jewish groups call for unity after Orlando attack
WASHINGTON – US Jewish groups called for national unity Sunday in the wake of an Islamic State-inspired shooting attack on a club popular among central Florida’s LGBTQ community, emphasizing that the incident which has left at least 50 dead can be seen both as a hate crime and a terror attack. Prominent Jewish leaders also […]