Meanwhile attorney general Loretta Lynch said the Federal Bureau of Investigation will release a partial transcript of conversations between Mateen when he was in the nightclub and Orlando police negotiators.
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Organizers estimated that as many as 50,000 people attended. “Hate will not defeat us because we are one Orlando”, Dyer said.
At the Parliament House, a gay club and resort near downtown Orlando, the music stopped as patrons paused for a moment of silence at 2 a.m., the time Mateen started shooting at Pulse just a few miles away.
The attack left 50 people dead, including the shooter, and is the worst mass shooting in modern US history.
One of those people attending, Traci Hines-McKenzie, says the timing of the rainbow was ideal.
Several people held signs offering free hugs.
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch will travel to Orlando on Tuesday to meet with investigators. But he said: “Here’s what I will tell you”.
49 people were killed by gunman Omar Mateen who was killed by Orlando police after a three-hour standoff.
“We don’t have to be afraid of holding each other”.
“We are hurting. We are exhausted, confused, and there is so much grief”, said Larry Watchorn, a ministerial intern, during a sermon at Joy Metropolitan Community Church in Orlando, whose congregants are predominantly gay. The sermon was filmed and uploaded to YouTube.
Orlando police said the Westboro protesters had left the state with no plans to return.
Reporters on the ground said many became emotional when they saw the rainbow.
An FBI spokesman says agents on Monday will offer further details about the massacre that killed 49 people and wounded another 53 people, making it the worst mass shooting in modern US history.
The Latest on the nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.
He says the crosses are a message for people of all faiths: “Quit judging and start loving”.
Antaeus Schembri said he came out to “show support to the city that I love”.
At the raucous Wall section of the stadium, fans waved rainbow flags in addition to the usual flags representing players’ home-countries.
Fans also created a rainbow in the stands by wearing colored shirts coordinated by sections.
The game ended in a tie.
The nation is still reeling after the horrific attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which claimed the lives of 49 innocent people.
The medical examiner previously had said his office kept Mateen’s body separate from the 49 victims who died at the gay nightclub.
The investigation into the June 12 shooting is continuing.
“I believe in the power of forgiveness to transform lives”. “It’s your outrageous insensitivity that makes me want to heal even faster, and grow even stronger”. But the Justice Department reversed course later Monday, providing a more complete transcript confirming Mateen pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State.
And they say it’s been especially tough for them to see constant images of Mateen’s face on television. Saleh said the interview lasted about 30 minutes.
“This kind of thing needs to stop.”
Earlier, a memorial service was organized at the nearby Cathedral Church of St. Luke, and funerals have been taking place over the weekend.
Brandon Wolf was with Leinonen and shooting victim Juan Ramon Guerrero. The 20 year old shared a moving poem of her experience, and her struggle of surviving. “We love to tattoo”.
Felipe Marrero wakes up in his hospital bed in the middle of the night and thinks he smells gunpowder.
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– The healing and tributes continued in Orlando, exactly one week since the deadly nightclub shooting. Mateen died in a hail of gunfire after police stormed the venue.
