Dr Chadwick Smith told how he had to go around the emergency department prioritising which patients were the most critically injured and required surgery first.
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Comey said he saw nothing in the FBI’s handling of the Mateen case that should have been done differently.
Omar Mir Seddique Mateen’s visits happened between June 1 and June 6, said the official, who has knowledge of the investigation.
Hall doesn’t recall exactly what prompted the threat, but does remember her mom having multiple meetings with the school faculty about Mateen’s constant bullying of her and other students.
Van Horn acknowledged that he didn’t know Mateen well, but said he suspects that the massacre was less about Islamic extremism and more about a man conflicted about his sexuality.
“President Obama claims to know our enemy, and yet he continues to prioritize our enemy over our allies, and for that matter, the American people”, the candidate said in a statement. Mateen was shot dead by police after a standoff. He said Mateen was clearly “radicalized”, at least in part via the internet.
As he did in his call to a 911 operator during the massacre, Mateen pledged his allegiance on Facebook to the leader of the Islamic State and, in his final post, warned: “in the next few days you will see attacks from the Islamic state in the usa”.
A man who was Mateen’s class at the Indian River Community College police academy in 2006 said he showed romantic interest.
Cord Cedeno, another Pulse regular – and one of the patrons who told the Sentinel that he’d seen Mateen at the club before – also told MSNBC he’d seen Mateen on a gay hookup app. “He said he was going to kill a whole bunch of people”. “Gentili said Mateen also told him, “‘I did it for ISIS.
On Tuesday, a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the gunman had visited a number of Disney properties in the Orlando area since April and was spotted earlier this month in Disney Springs, an outdoor shopping and entertainment complex at Walt Disney World.
“Yes, I’m getting calls”, Gentili said. The FBI opened a preliminary investigation, which allows agents to conduct limited surveillance and searches, but not to use its most aggressive tools (like FISA or Title III warrants).
There are reports that Salman is cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and according to People Magazine, Salman said her husband was scoping out Downtown Disney and Pulse Nightclub before the attack.
Investigators were working to untangle the motive of Mateen, as witnesses said the 29-year-old American of Afghan descent – who was married with a child – frequented the popular nightspot and used gay dating apps.
“There is nothing to suggest that there was any target other than Pulse nightclub”, he said.
Salman lived in Rodeo, California before marrying Mateen in 2013, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
“There are strong indications of radicalization by this killer and of potential inspiration by foreign terrorist organizations”, Comey said.
Family members said the pair had a 3-year-old son.
Meanwhile, Mateen was also posting notes on Facebook before and during the shooting.
“This is an attack on humanity itself…an attack on everyone”, said the singer, who has often spoken out on gay rights issues.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has supported gun control efforts and said on Monday she was “bewildered” that congressional Republicans had blocked a Democratic effort to restrict gun sales to people on the watch lists.
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Mateen’s father, meanwhile, has said he’s stunned by his son’s actions and had no inkling that his son was about to commit an act of mass violence.
