“So at this time, that’s kind of a nebulous question”, Hopper said.
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“We’re going to go until we’re absolutely satisfied that we’ve uncovered every bit of evidence that’s out there and we’ve reviewed every possible charge”, Lee Bentley, US attorney for the middle district of Florida, told reporters on Wednesday.
Authorities said Wednesday that they remained focused on Mateen as the main suspect behind the attack, but were still working to determine whether he had any assistance in planning the massacre.
The FBI wants to talk to anyone who recognizes Mateen and has talked to him.
The FBI is characterizing the shooting at Pulse as both a terrorist attack and a hate crime, CBS News’ Paula Reid reported earlier Wednesday.
Fox News said that prosecutors are seeking to charge Salman as an accessory to 49 counts of murder and 53 counts of attempted murder, failing to notify law enforcement about the coming attack and lying to federal agents. When Mateen left their home Saturday, hours before the shooting, he lied about where he was going, his wife told investigators.
“I don’t know if he was, if that was his way of his life, but I don’t believe so”, Seddique Mateen said. “It would be premature to do so”.
At a news conference at Florida Hospital Orlando, Carter described praying to die as she lay on a nightclub bathroom floor covered in water and blood. He criticized anyone making those threats and told them to, “stop it!”.
The OneOrlando Fund set up by the city to offer financial assistance to the victims has raised $3.6 million.
Six of those injured are listed in critical condition.
Law enforcement said they were still interviewing dozens of people associated with Mateen, but offered few details into recurring speculation that Mateen may have earlier visited Walt Disney World or other Orlando-area theme parks as possible targets.
Also near the club, parts of Orange Avenue NB at Kaley Avenue have reopened.
“It was at 2:45 a.m. when I had just received the phone call of someone claiming to be the Orlando shooter”.
The senator notes in his letter to the Facebook founder that according to information obtained by his staff, the 29-year-old American-born Muslim shooter, who pledged allegiance to ISIS shortly before the massacre, was linked to five different Facebook accounts.
Days after the attack – the deadliest mass shooting in USA history – sources revealed he not only visited gay chat rooms, he also frequented the same nightclub he would eventually terrorize.
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Mateen shot him twice more, one bullet apparently aimed for Colon’s head striking his hand, and another hitting his hip, Colon said at Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he is one of 27 survivors being treated.
