July 5, 2017 FBI looking into plane tickets Orlando shooter Mateen bought before massacre The FBI is looking into Omar Mateen's purchase of plane tickets for himself, his wife and child days before he unleashed the massacre in Orlando's Pulse Nightclub, a law enforcement source close to the investigation told ӣƵ on Wednesday.
July 5, 2017 Man who claimed to be at Orlando shooting scene has story questioned A man who claimed he was in an Orlando nightclub when it was attacked by an ISIS-inspired terrorist is having his story questioned after he said his memory of the slaughter had been erased by “anxiety” and a Facebook posting appeared to show he wasn’t at the gay nightclub Pulse.
July 5, 2017 'I did the shootings': DOJ releases some redacted transcripts of Orlando killer's phone calls during massacre House Speaker Paul Ryan called on the Obama administration Monday to "release the full, unredacted transcript" of the Orlando massacre gunman’s 911 calls, slamming the Justice Department’s censoring of all references to Islam as "preposterous."
July 5, 2017 Funerals for 2 Orlando massacre victims marred by protests, out-of-control driver Funerals for two of the 49 victims of last weekend’s massacre at an Orlando nightclub were marred by overwhelming tension Saturday, as one service took place under protest from anti-gay demonstrators and another saw a driver run over two sheriff's deputies.
July 5, 2017 Report: Orlando killer grew up in unstable, violent home Omar Mateen, the Orlando nightclub attacker, grew up in a home frought with violence, with his mother accused of beating her husband during their many fights, according to reports published Saturday shedding new light on what may have helped spark the massacre.
July 5, 2017 Army Reserve officer killed in Orlando remembered as 'very positive young man' One of the 49 men and women shot dead in the massacre at Orlando's Pulse Nightclub Sunday was a US Army Reserve officer known by one of his instructors as a "very positive young man" who "kept a smile on his face."
July 5, 2017 Relatives rush to Orlando, frantically search for loved ones after massacre In the hours after word broke of the massacre at the Pulse Nightclub early Sunday, relatives rushed to Orlando in a desperate search for their loved ones -- but some families said they were getting few answers more than a day later.
July 5, 2017 Orlando hero helps save bartender's life with his own shirt One of the clubgoers who escaped the massacre in Orlando early Sunday said he gave a man the shirt off his back to stop his bleeding, and prayed with him as they rushed to a hospital.
July 5, 2017 Final chaotic gun battle with ISIS-inspired terrorist detailed by police Orlando police punched holes in the side of a nightclub after hours of fruitless negotiations with the ISIS-linked terrorist who killed 49 people inside, freeing dozens of trapped clubgoers and luring the killer outside, authorities said Monday as a more detailed picture of the deadliest terror attack on American soil since 9/11 came into focus.
July 5, 2017 Florida nightclub shooter apparently made threats in the past; ex-wife claims he beat her The gunman who killed at least 49 people at an Orlando nightclub early Sunday was a licensed security officer who claimed more than once that he had connections to Islamic terror groups, ӣƵ has learned, as the killer's ex-wife reportedly said he was unstable and would beat her.