Kevin West, another regular at Pulse, told the Los Angeles Times that Mateen messaged him on and off for a year using a gay chat app, Jack’d.
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“He was a homosexual and he was trying to pick up men”, said Van Horn. Gun store owner Ed Henson said Mateen had multiple security licenses.
“I don’t think so”, he said.
US Senator Angus King, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee which received a briefing on the investigation, told CNN that “it appears she had some knowledge of what was going on”.
On Sunday, 49 people died when Mateen opened fire and took hostages at the gay club. 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”.
New information emerged Tuesday about the personal life of Omar Mateen, including new insight into his sexual orientation. He said everyone answered: “I’ll be right there”.
Lynch said she would be traveling to Orlando on Tuesday to meet with investigators.
The FBI investigated with wiretaps and informants. Forty-nine people were killed early Sunday and 53 people were wounded. It’s not known if those weapons were used in the attack.
“I don’t know anything”.
Thousands in Orlando and around the world continue to mourn the 49 people killed inside the club as federal investigators examine possible motives for the Mateen who committed the worst mass shooting in modern USA history. Mr Smith said he saw Mateen inside the club at least a dozen times. The Federal Bureau of Investigation questioned Mateen in 2013 and 2014 for suspected ties to Islamist militants but was unable to verify that he posed a threat.
Sitora Yusufiy said she had met Mateen online in 2008 and the two got married in 2009. Asked if his son was gay, the Afghan immigrant replied: “No. No”.
On Monday night, about a mile from Pulse in downtown Orlando, thousands gathered for a vigil to support the victims and survivors. The names of the dead were read aloud.
Mourners hold candles while observing a moment of silence during a vigil outside a performing arts centre in Orlando.
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Ash says Capt. Antonio Davon Brown served for almost a decade to protect others – “the noblest thing a young person can do”. “I made peace with God”.
