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Witness: gunshots, screams and blood at Florida nightclub shooting
ReutersA witness describes hearing gunshots, screams and then seeing blood at a Florida nightclub shooting that left at least 20 people dead and 42 injured. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). -
Headquarters during the investigation of a shooting at the Pulse nightclub, where people were killed by a gunman, in Orlando, Florida, U.S June 12, 2016. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
A man armed with an assault rifle and a handgun stormed a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and killed 50 people in the worst U.S. mass shooting in history.Here's what we know so far:- The shooter, Omar S. Mateen, was killed by police. CBS News reported that he was born in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and that his parents were from Afghanistan.
- Authorities are calling it a "terrorist incident," but they haven't confirmed any connections to Islamic militants.
- "We do have suggestions that the individual may have leanings toward that particular ideology. But right now we can't say definitively." -- Ronald Hopper, FBI
- The shooter, Omar S. Mateen, was killed by police. CBS News reported that he was born in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and that his parents were from Afghanistan.
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Update: FDA ban on sexually active gay men donating blood remains in place. Was never lifted. https://t.co/UeW5dJq9Oc1:16 PM - 12 Jun 2016
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Law enforcement lining street outside #PulseShooting Omar Mateen's home #WFTV Watch live https://t.co/s8AJqttXc1 https://t.co/nqtMF8RDSE
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Correx: Spokesperson for @Facebook confirmed this is first time Safety Check used in U.S. Was used previously for mass-shooting in Paris.12:59 PM - 12 Jun 2016
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Appreciate the congrats for being right on radical Islamic terrorism, I don't want congrats, I want toughness & vigilance. We must be smart!12:43 PM - 12 Jun 2016
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Blood banks at capacity, donors urged to return in coming days https://t.co/cXHqYnNtN2 #Orlando #PulseNightclubShooting12:41 PM - 12 Jun 2016
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The Washington Post is reporting that the suspect's ex-wife claims he was abusive during their relationship:
Ex-wife of suspected Orlando shooter: ‘He beat me’
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Pulse shooting: In hail of gunfire in which suspect was killed, OPD officer was hit. Kevlar helmet saved his life. https://t.co/MAb0jGi7r4
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Congress's heartless, intentional silence has become a quiet message of endorsement to would be shooters contemplating mass murder.12:08 PM - 12 Jun 2016
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Friends and family members embrace outside the Orlando Police Headquarters during the investigation of a shooting at the Pulse night club, where as many as 20 people have been injured after a gunman opened fire, in Orlando, Florida, U.S June 12, 2016. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
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Nine-year-old Liam Eller (L), helps a police officer move flowers left behind outside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church after the street was re-opened a day after a mass shooting left nine dead during a bible study at the church in Charleston, South Carolina.. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
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Hillary Clinton: U.S. must face 'hard truths' after South Carolina shooting
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton said on Thursday after a deadly shooting in a South Carolina church that the United States must face "hard truths" about race and violence.
"We have to face hard truths about race, violence, guns and division," she told a Las Vegas conference of Hispanic elected officials. "How many innocent people in our country from little children, church members to movie theater attendees, how many people do we need to see cut down before we act?"
(Reporting by Amanda Becker in Washington; Writing by Lisa Lambert; Editing by Peter Cooney) -
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#CharlestonShooting suspect reportedly told victims 'you rape our women...you have to go' http://t.co/g5pSGEk6qO http://t.co/XucvKi2HLz
Jun. 18, 2015- Reply
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Authorities announced an all clear in a reported bomb threat on the street of Morris Brown AME Church, the site of a vigil for South Carolina shooting victims, according to the Charleston County Sheriff's Office.
Police in Greenville, South Carolina were also investigating a bomb threat at West End Community Church, where another vigil was taking place.
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RAP SHEET: Dylann Roof has 2 arrests in 2015. Cocaine/LSD (felony/ Feb 28) + Trespassing (Apr 26) #CharlestonShooting http://t.co/MmPmGAL1QL
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A car which police believe belongs to a suspect which police are searching for in connection with the shooting of several people at a church in Charleston, South Carolina is seen in a still image from CCTV footage released by the Charleston Police Department. REUTERS/Charleston Police Department/Handout via Reuters
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South Carolina massacre suspect had apparent interest in white supremacy
His uncle worried he was cooped up in his room too much. The few images of him easily found online suggest he had a fascination with white supremacy. And for his birthday this year, his father bought the young man a pistol, the uncle said.
Dylann Roof, 21, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of having fatally shot nine people at a historic African-American church in South Carolina on Wednesday.
Those who know him described a withdrawn, troubled young man.
Roof's uncle recalled telling his sister, the suspect's mother, several years ago that he was worried about Roof, and that he was too introverted.
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Obama angry over shooting, says such violence happens too often in U.S.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday expressed anger over the shootings that took place in a black church in South Carolina and said such incidents of gun violence do not happen in other advanced countries.
Obama, in a statement to reporters at the White House, said he and his wife, Michelle, knew the pastor of the church who was killed. (Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Emily Stephenson) -
INTERVIEW- South Carolina massacre suspect had apparent interest in white supremacy
By Emily Flitter and Jonathan Allen
His uncle worried he was cooped up in his room too much. The few images of him easily found online suggest he had a fascination with white supremacy. And for his birthday this year, his father bought the young man a pistol, the uncle said.
Dylann Roof, 21, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of having fatally shot nine people at a historic African-American church in South Carolina on Wednesday.
Those who know him described a withdrawn, troubled young man.
Roof's uncle recalled telling his sister, the suspect's mother, several years ago that he was worried about Roof, and that he was too introverted.
"I said he was like 19 years old, he still didn't have a job, a driver's license or anything like that and he just stayed in his room a lot of the time," Cowles said in a telephone interview.
He said he tried to "mentor" his nephew. "He didn't like that, and me and him kind of drifted apart," Cowles said.
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Police chief: S.C. shooting suspect stopped over 'suspicious activity'
The suspect in the South Carolina church shootings was stopped in North Carolina after a citizen alerted law enforcement to "suspicious activity," Charleston, South Carolina, Police Chief Gregory Mullen said on Thursday.
Mullen told reporters that the suspect, Dylann Roof, was cooperative with the officer who stopped him near Shelby, North Carolina, and that police do not believe anyone else was involved in the shooting incident.
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Kerry defends diplomacy as Russian-backed forces pound Aleppo
CARTAGENA, Colombia/BEIRUT U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry defended his efforts to negotiate with Moscow over the war in Syria on Monday, despite the collapse of a ceasefire that has led to a massive Russian-backed assault on the besieged rebel-held sector of Aleppo.