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Officers Who Responded to Orlando Nightclub Massacre Haunted by Experience

It is of his first look inside the Pulse nightclub. Dozens of people were motionless on the blood-soaked dance floor, and the Eatonville police officer had just burst through the club’s patio door for a rescue.

June 24, 2016

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DOJ Releases Redacted Transcript of 911 Calls from Orlando Nightclub Terrorist

The Department of Justice today released redacted transcripts of Omar Mateen’s calls to Orlando Police — made during his assault on the Pulse gay nightclub — that included Mateen’s claim of responsibility, as well as identifying himself to police as an Islamic soldier. But all other references to ISIS or Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were scrubbed clean by the DOJ. More Here.

June 20, 2016

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Video: DOJ Releases Redacted Transcript of 911 Calls from Orlando Nightclub Terrorist

The Department of Justice today released redacted transcripts of Omar Mateen’s calls to Orlando Police — made during his assault on the Pulse gay nightclub — that included Mateen’s claim of responsibility, as well as identifying himself to police as an Islamic soldier. But all other references to ISIS or Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi were scrubbed clean by the DOJ.

June 20, 2016

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Orlando SWAT Captain Answers Criticism of Team’s Response to Nightclub Massacre

“Officers were running inside and grabbing people and throwing them in pickup trucks” to be taken to hospitals, said Capt. Mark Canty of the SWAT team. “There was never a time we were sitting there twiddling our thumbs. My guys were doing things from the beginning. We weren’t just sitting idly by. We were doing what we needed to do to save lives.”

June 20, 2016

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More Details Revealed on Police Response to Orlando Club Shooter

He was met by gunman Omar Mateen. Armed with a .223 caliber semiautomatic rifle and a 9mm semiautomatic pistol, Mateen started exchanging gunfire with the officer.

June 16, 2016

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NLEOMF Issues Statement on Orlando Terror Attack

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) has issued a statement on the Orlando terror attack.

June 14, 2016

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Video: ISIS-Inspired Attacker Kills French Police Captain, Streams It on Facebook

President François Hollande described the killings of the couple — police Capt. Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, and his partner, Jessica Schneider, 36, identified as an administrative secretary at a police department outside Paris — as "undeniably a terrorist attack" and said that "France is confronted by an extremely high terrorist threat."

June 14, 2016

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Responding to the Orlando Nightclub Massacre

Mina said the off-duty officer engaged in a shoot-out with Mateen up until more officers arrived. Additional police officers arrived and also engaged the suspect, and “forced him to stop shooting and retreat to the bathroom where he had some hostages.” More Here.

June 13, 2016

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Video: Responding to the Orlando Nightclub Massacre

Mina said the off-duty officer engaged in a shoot-out with Mateen up until more officers arrived. Additional police officers arrived and also engaged the suspect, and “forced him to stop shooting and retreat to the bathroom where he had some hostages.”

June 13, 2016

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Former Officer Who Worked with Nightclub Shooter Says Man Got Pass on Homophobia Because He was Muslim

A former Fort Pierce police officer who once worked with 29-year-old Omar Mateen, the assailant in an Orlando nightclub shooting that left at least 50 dead, said he was "unhinged and unstable."

June 13, 2016

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FBI Probed Orlando Terrorist for 10 months, Now Sees "Strong Indications of Radicalization"

The FBI closed out that probe in May 2014 after Mateen, during the course of two FBI interviews, told agents he had made those statements “in anger” because he thought his co-workers were discriminating against him and were “teasing him because he was a Muslim,” Comey said.

June 13, 2016

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Timeline of the Orlando Nightclub Massacre

A night of partying and dancing at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, turned into a killing ground and three hours of terror for early-morning revelers when a gunman opened fire around 2 a.m. ET inside the club, killing 50 people and wounding at least 53 in what is being called the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. More Here.

June 13, 2016