One trauma surgeon is always available here around-the-clock.- Orlando Health June 12, 2016 The first victims started arriving immediately after 2 a.m. Trauma surgeons hurried to treat the wounded at Orlando Regional Medical Center, just half a mile from the club. Police did not say whether they found anything. Pulse Shooting: The shooter inside the club is dead.- Orlando Police June 12, 2016Īfterward, police scoured the club for explosive devices using a robot and an explosive-sniffing dog. Orlando police announced via Twitter that the shooter is dead. Gunfire exchanged at #pulse nightclub hostage situation in #Orlando. MAb0jGi7r4- Orlando Police June 12, 2016
Pulse shooting: In hail of gunfire in which suspect was killed, OPD officer was hit. Mateen died in a gunfight with the SWAT team: six Orlando police officers and three Orange County sheriff’s deputies. One of Mateen’s rounds struck the Kevlar helmet of a SWAT officer, saving his life. Hostages ran out of the hole, police said, but so did an armed Mateen. Officials walk by a wall of the Pulse nightclub where holes were knocked out so that hostages could be rescued. Please avoid reporting inaccuracies at this time.- Orlando Police June 12, 2016 That sound was a controlled explosion by law enforcement.
“We all knew that was the right thing to do,” Mina said. Police feared Mateen was about to add to his body count. 5Di2mc6XUY- Orlando Police June 12, 2016 Mateen indicated to police that he may have explosives, such as a bomb vest. “He really wasn’t asking for a whole lot,” the chief said, “and we were doing most of the asking.” Meanwhile, police said they heard no more gunshots inside the club. Mateen also mentioned the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and Moner Mohammad Abusalha, the Fort Pierce man who in 2014 became the first American to conduct a suicide attack in Syria.ĭuring the 911 calls, Mateen made no demands. “During the calls, he said he was doing this for the leader of ISIL, who he named and pledged loyalty to,” Comey said. This is when authorities said Mateen declared his allegiance to the Islamic State. He called a second time, spoke briefly to a dispatcher, then hung up again. Mateen called 911 about 30 minutes after the attack but hung up. The shooter then started speaking to police during the standoff, said FBI Director James Comey. More than 100 Orlando police officers and Orange County sheriff’s deputies rushed to the scene. Those trapped inside used 911 and social media to ask for help. Officers took victims to hospitals in police vehicles. Mateen “barricaded” himself in the bathroom, the chief said. The SWAT team soon arrived and took up positions inside the club. And we can't find our friends.- Brandon Wolf June 12, 2016īy this point, police believe Mateen killed most of his victims.įor the next few hours, the timeline is unclear. Pulse published an emergency post to its Facebook page: “Everyone get out of pulse and keep running.” “I can’t even which you which door I ran through. “There was a split second where the shots stopped, and my instincts took over," Galligan said. Officers evacuated dozens of people from the club, the chief said: “We were able to get people out of the dance floor and out of the lounge area.” In another bathroom, 15 to 20 more people hunkered down. Mateen retreated further into club, then into the bathrooms where four to five people were hiding.
The Orlando officer engaged Mateen in a “gun battle” near Pulse’s entrance, the chief said. “At times they seemed like they would stop. She used her crop top to bind the gunshot wound in a bartender’s leg. McCoy ran outside, bodies falling around her.
He caught a glimpse of the shooter firing off rounds in quick succession. Yvens Carrenard, 29, first hid in a storage closet and then an attic-like crawlspace. “It was just pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop-pop,” she said. Jeannette McCoy, 37, was dancing with her friend when she heard gunshots. So the next thing I know, everyone was just on the ground.” “But it didn’t take very long to realize what it actually was. “Everyone in the room thought it was a speaker blowing out in the other room,” he said. In Pulse’s back room, Joe Galligan, 24, was drinking a Long Island iced tea and talking to friends.
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