He said there was no evidence that a foreign terrorist group was behind the shooting and that Mateen was likely radicalised domestically.
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This all adds up to a compelling but frustratingly incomplete picture of who Omar Mateen was, why he carried out this attack and whether he did it with help.
Orlando Police Chief John Mina, left, answers question during a news conference with Ronald Hopper, FBI assistant special agent in charge, center, and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, right, as he gives updates about the recent mass sho.
Attorney General for the United States Loretta Lynch reads an inscription on a mourning wreath in the main lobby of City Hall following the Pulse night club shootings last week in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 21, 2016.
The Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando was an emotional tragedy for dozens of families, and it could become a financial one as well.
(Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP).
Meanwhile, Attorney General Loretta Lynch visited families of the victims and survivors Tuesday in Orlando and announced the Justice Department will provide an additional million dollars in emergency funds for the area.
Her visit to Orlando included what she described as a “very hard meeting” with victims’ relatives, briefings with law enforcement officials and visits with first responders.
The U.S. Justice Department now says it’s looking into whether the FBI missed red flags in their previous investigations into the man who admitted to killing 49 people inside an Orlando nightclub.
Speaker Ryan had called for the full text to be released and accused the Obama administration of censoring references to Islamic State. She said, “What we’re not going to do is further proclaim this man’s pledges of allegiance to terrorist groups, and further his propaganda”, as quoted in a New York Post editorial.
He murdered 49 and wounded 53 before police fatally shot him three hours later. “People often act out of more than one motivations, this was clearly an act of terror and an act of hate”.
“There is no doubt that this was a shattering attack- on our nation, on our people and on our most fundamental ideals”, she says.
“It’s been an emotional day for me”, said Kaka.
Florida Gov. Rick had criticized the federal government Monday after FEMA denied Scott’s request for $5 million in emergency aid to pay for the costs of responding to the massacre, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
FEMA also has made $253,000 in unspent Homeland Security Grant Program funds available for use by Florida law enforcement to pay for operational overtime expenses related to their response to the June 12 shooting.
The U.S. Justice Department has released the uncensored transcript of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s 911 call, which he made while carrying out his attack.
During three follow-up phone conversations with Orlando police negotiators, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said, Mateen threatened to use explosives – although none were found – and told police to tell Americans to stop bombing Syria and Iraq.
Mateen then spoke to Orlando police’s Crisis Negotiation Team three times after the first call. The Senate voted down four gun control measures Monday evening, with Democrats and Republicans largely divided along party lines.
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“The objective of releasing the partial transcript of the shooter’s interaction with 911 operators was to provide transparency, while remaining sensitive to the interests of the surviving victims, their families, and the integrity of the ongoing investigation”, they explain. Investigators have done hundreds of interviews, including with family members, and are working in particular to determine how much knowledge his wife had of the plot.
