Sunday, June 12, 2016
UPDATED: Pulse nightclub shooting officially the deadliest mass shooting in American history
Posted By Thaddeus McCollum on Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 12:29 PM
With at least 50 people confirmed dead, Saturday night's mass shooting at Pulse is officially the deadliest mass shooting in American history. The previous worst shooting was the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre, which left 32 people dead and 17 injured, followed by the Sandy Hook massacre of 2012, in which 20 children and six adults lost their lives.
The father of Omar Mateen, the Pulse nightclub shooter, released a statement to MSNBC earlier today saying that the incident had nothing to do with religion, but that his son got very angry upon witnessing two men kiss each other in downtown Miami recently.
UPDATED 5:05 p.m.: The death toll has risen to 59, according to Fox 35's Bob Frier.
The father of Omar Mateen, the Pulse nightclub shooter, released a statement to MSNBC earlier today saying that the incident had nothing to do with religion, but that his son got very angry upon witnessing two men kiss each other in downtown Miami recently.
UPDATED 5:05 p.m.: The death toll has risen to 59, according to Fox 35's Bob Frier.
UPDATED 5:24 p.m.: Orlando Police have issued a correction to Frier's tweet, stating that the death toll remains at 50.Death toll in Orlando shooting rises to 59. #fox35 #PulseNighClubShooting #pulsevictims
— bob frier (@Fox35Bob) June 12, 2016
Pulse Shooting: The number of dead has NOT changed. It remains at 50. Please avoid erroneous reporting.
— Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) June 12, 2016
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