Islamic extremist kills 20 at orlando gay nightclub
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"Santa Monica: Two police officers who wish to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation say that James Wesley Howell, an Indiana man who was found with a car full of explosives and weapons on Sunday morning, told police he was part of a team that planned shooting attacks on gay communities in Florida and California.
Howell told police he was turning himself in because he wanted protection. His story was that he had been assured by his recruiters that he would not be harmed in the shooting but, when he heard on the news that Omar Mateen, the lead gunman in the Orlando group, had been killed by sniper fire, he realized he was being set up as a patsy and would be killed."
Northerntruthseeker: The James Wesley Howell Incident: Is This The Smoking Gun That Blows All False Flag Attacks In America To Smithereens?
The above mentioned transcripts are edited because
Some of the islamic groups that OMAR claimed allegiance to ARE ENEMIES with each other!!!
The Psyciatrist who OK'd him on his Psych evaluation was not even in the same state when the evaluation was done!
The gun stores called the Authorities on OMAR when he asked for large amounts of AMMO
The authorities declined to do anything about it because they didn't know who he was!!!!
No doubt about it
this is the biggest load of poo since sandyhook.....
"Santa Monica: Two police officers who wish to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation say that James Wesley Howell, an Indiana man who was found with a car full of explosives and weapons on Sunday morning, told police he was part of a team that planned shooting attacks on gay communities in Florida and California.
Howell told police he was turning himself in because he wanted protection. His story was that he had been assured by his recruiters that he would not be harmed in the shooting but, when he heard on the news that Omar Mateen, the lead gunman in the Orlando group, had been killed by sniper fire, he realized he was being set up as a patsy and would be killed."
Northerntruthseeker: The James Wesley Howell Incident: Is This The Smoking Gun That Blows All False Flag Attacks In America To Smithereens?
The above mentioned transcripts are edited because
Some of the islamic groups that OMAR claimed allegiance to ARE ENEMIES with each other!!!
The Psyciatrist who OK'd him on his Psych evaluation was not even in the same state when the evaluation was done!
The gun stores called the Authorities on OMAR when he asked for large amounts of AMMO
The authorities declined to do anything about it because they didn't know who he was!!!!
No doubt about it
this is the biggest load of poo since sandyhook.....
Sometimes sanity prevails.
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Like the Mujaheddin, Al Quida, Saddam Hussein, the Shah of Iran and so many other despots and terrorists groups, their origins point straight back to the Pentagon. This is how divide and conquer works. You create an enemy and then you convince everybody that their lives are at risk and then you go to war. War is a racket. The Muslims have been demonized, just like the Germans, the Vietcong and the Japanese were. You are being lied to and being played for suckers so the rich can get richer over the dead bodies of your children. Wake up!
The shooter was interviewed by the FBI. He was "on their radar". They knew perfectly well that he was a time bomb waiting to go off. I wouldn't be surprised that they help in pointing him to his target. This killed two birds with one stone: 1. Create a demand for greater gun control and 2. aggravate hatred for Muslims. The second is the most important because now the never ending war can continue with the blessing of the terrified sheeple. Baaaa.
The shooter was interviewed by the FBI. He was "on their radar". They knew perfectly well that he was a time bomb waiting to go off. I wouldn't be surprised that they help in pointing him to his target. This killed two birds with one stone: 1. Create a demand for greater gun control and 2. aggravate hatred for Muslims. The second is the most important because now the never ending war can continue with the blessing of the terrified sheeple. Baaaa.
'I'm going to make them pay';
Mateen's gay 'lover' says Orlando attack revenge for HIV exposure, not ISIS-related
'Miguel', who met shooter on Grindr, says he was upset after hookup with two Puerto Rican men
POSTMEDIA NETWORK
First posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 01:33 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 02:07 PM EDT
A man who claims to have been the gay lover of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen said the attack had nothing to do with ISIS — it was revenge after fearing he’d been exposed to HIV.
Going only by Miguel — and disguising his voice and identity — the man told Univision that he met Mateen through the gay hookup app Grnder.
He described their two-month relationship as “friends with benefits,” occasionally visiting an Orlando hotel together to have sex.
Miguel told Univision Mateen was attracted to Latino men, but felt rejected by them.
“He felt used by them. There were moments in the Pulse nightclub that made him feel really bad. Guys used him. That really affected him,” Miguel said. “I believe this crazy horrible thing he did – that was revenge.”
Miguel said Mateen was recently upset after a hookup with two Puerto Rican men, one of whom he later learned was HIV positive.
“When I asked him what he was going to do now, his answer was ‘I’m going to make them pay for what they did to me,’” Miguel said in the interview.
Most of the 49 dead in Mateen’s attack on Pulse were Puerto Rican men.
He said he gave his testimony to the FBI three times.
The FBI has confirmed Mateen was a frequent user of online dating sites, and that they’ve had a number of interviews with people who have come forward claiming to have had a relationship with Mateen.
Despite Mateen’s own claims — in a 911 call during the attack and in Facebook posts — that he was murdering on behalf of ISIS and other radical Islamic terror groups, Miguel said he only once heard Mateen criticize the West’s battle against terror. Miguel said he was angry women and children were among the dead in America’s pursuit of terrorists.
Mostly, Miguel said in the interview, Mateen drank and lamented his own father’s extreme views that “gay people (are) the devil and gay people have to die.”
In this undated photo received by AFP on June 12, 2016, shows Omar Mateen, 29, a US citizen of Afghani descent from Port St. Lucie, Fla., from his Myspace.com page, who has been named as the gunman in the mass shootings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (AFP PHOTO/Myspace.com/Handout)
'I'm going to make them pay'; Mateen's gay 'lover' says Orlando attack revenge f
Mateen's gay 'lover' says Orlando attack revenge for HIV exposure, not ISIS-related
'Miguel', who met shooter on Grindr, says he was upset after hookup with two Puerto Rican men
POSTMEDIA NETWORK
First posted: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 01:33 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 02:07 PM EDT
A man who claims to have been the gay lover of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen said the attack had nothing to do with ISIS — it was revenge after fearing he’d been exposed to HIV.
Going only by Miguel — and disguising his voice and identity — the man told Univision that he met Mateen through the gay hookup app Grnder.
He described their two-month relationship as “friends with benefits,” occasionally visiting an Orlando hotel together to have sex.
Miguel told Univision Mateen was attracted to Latino men, but felt rejected by them.
“He felt used by them. There were moments in the Pulse nightclub that made him feel really bad. Guys used him. That really affected him,” Miguel said. “I believe this crazy horrible thing he did – that was revenge.”
Miguel said Mateen was recently upset after a hookup with two Puerto Rican men, one of whom he later learned was HIV positive.
“When I asked him what he was going to do now, his answer was ‘I’m going to make them pay for what they did to me,’” Miguel said in the interview.
Most of the 49 dead in Mateen’s attack on Pulse were Puerto Rican men.
He said he gave his testimony to the FBI three times.
The FBI has confirmed Mateen was a frequent user of online dating sites, and that they’ve had a number of interviews with people who have come forward claiming to have had a relationship with Mateen.
Despite Mateen’s own claims — in a 911 call during the attack and in Facebook posts — that he was murdering on behalf of ISIS and other radical Islamic terror groups, Miguel said he only once heard Mateen criticize the West’s battle against terror. Miguel said he was angry women and children were among the dead in America’s pursuit of terrorists.
Mostly, Miguel said in the interview, Mateen drank and lamented his own father’s extreme views that “gay people (are) the devil and gay people have to die.”
In this undated photo received by AFP on June 12, 2016, shows Omar Mateen, 29, a US citizen of Afghani descent from Port St. Lucie, Fla., from his Myspace.com page, who has been named as the gunman in the mass shootings at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (AFP PHOTO/Myspace.com/Handout)
'I'm going to make them pay'; Mateen's gay 'lover' says Orlando attack revenge f
Gun shop raffling AR-15 rifle to benefit Orlando victims
The Associated Press
First posted: Thursday, June 30, 2016 09:02 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2016 01:32 PM EDT
MCHENRY, Ill. -- A suburban Chicago gun shop is raffling a semi-automatic weapon to benefit victims of the nightclub shooting in Orlando.
Second Amendment Sports in McHenry, Illinois, is selling tickets for $5 to win an AR-15 rifle similar to the one gunman Omar Mateen used when he opened fire in a gay nightclub June 12, leaving 49 people dead and 53 injured. It was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
"We wanted to do something for the loss of lives and injuries that happened to people in Orlando," store owner Bert Irslinger Jr. told the told the Chicago Tribune.
The store isn't making a political statement, owners said.
"I understand that there are different opinions out there," said Vic Santi, store marketing director. "We don't look at this as a gun issue. We look at this as a terrorism issue."
Store owners plan to announce the winner on July 31, when they open a new gun range and larger showroom.
Kathleen Larimer's son, 27-year-old John Larimer, a U.S. Navy sailor from Crystal Lake, Illinois, was one of 12 people killed in the 2012 shootings in a Colorado movie theatre. Larimer called the raffle an inappropriate publicity ploy.
"Guns are not toys," Larimer said. "They should be taken seriously. I'm not saying they should be illegal, but raffling off a gun is not taking its killing power seriously."
Colleen Daley, executive director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence in Chicago, said the raffle is offensive.
"I'm glad people are trying to raise money," she said. "I just don't think it's the most appropriate way to do that. These guns are weapons of war, meant to kill large numbers of people in a short time, which is what happened in Orlando. I find it very distasteful and offensive."
The gun shop said proceeds plus its own donation of $2,000 will go to the OneOrlando Fund run by the non-profit group Strengthen Orlando Inc.
McHenry is about 50 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.
Gun shop raffling AR-15 rifle to benefit Orlando victims | World | News | Toront
The Associated Press
First posted: Thursday, June 30, 2016 09:02 AM EDT | Updated: Thursday, June 30, 2016 01:32 PM EDT
MCHENRY, Ill. -- A suburban Chicago gun shop is raffling a semi-automatic weapon to benefit victims of the nightclub shooting in Orlando.
Second Amendment Sports in McHenry, Illinois, is selling tickets for $5 to win an AR-15 rifle similar to the one gunman Omar Mateen used when he opened fire in a gay nightclub June 12, leaving 49 people dead and 53 injured. It was the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
"We wanted to do something for the loss of lives and injuries that happened to people in Orlando," store owner Bert Irslinger Jr. told the told the Chicago Tribune.
The store isn't making a political statement, owners said.
"I understand that there are different opinions out there," said Vic Santi, store marketing director. "We don't look at this as a gun issue. We look at this as a terrorism issue."
Store owners plan to announce the winner on July 31, when they open a new gun range and larger showroom.
Kathleen Larimer's son, 27-year-old John Larimer, a U.S. Navy sailor from Crystal Lake, Illinois, was one of 12 people killed in the 2012 shootings in a Colorado movie theatre. Larimer called the raffle an inappropriate publicity ploy.
"Guns are not toys," Larimer said. "They should be taken seriously. I'm not saying they should be illegal, but raffling off a gun is not taking its killing power seriously."
Colleen Daley, executive director of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence in Chicago, said the raffle is offensive.
"I'm glad people are trying to raise money," she said. "I just don't think it's the most appropriate way to do that. These guns are weapons of war, meant to kill large numbers of people in a short time, which is what happened in Orlando. I find it very distasteful and offensive."
The gun shop said proceeds plus its own donation of $2,000 will go to the OneOrlando Fund run by the non-profit group Strengthen Orlando Inc.
McHenry is about 50 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.
Gun shop raffling AR-15 rifle to benefit Orlando victims | World | News | Toront
yeah it's not very nice. it's also not 49 dead innocent gay people either. but anyway...
Islamic group: Muslim man beaten outside Mateen's mosque | Fox News
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Gun shop cancels raffle of AR-15 rifle for Orlando victims
The Associated Press
First posted: Saturday, July 02, 2016 03:28 PM EDT | Updated: Saturday, July 02, 2016 03:34 PM EDT
MCHENRY, Ill. -- A suburban Chicago gun shop has cancelled a raffle of a semi-automatic rifle to benefit victims of the nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla.
The Chicago Tribune reports Second Amendment Sports in McHenry, Ill., called off the raffle following questions about whether it would be legal. Under Illinois law, only non-profit groups may hold raffles.
Bert Irslinger Jr. and his father own the shooting range and gun store. They were selling $5 tickets to win an AR-15 rifle similar to the weapon a gunman used to open fire in a gay nightclub June 12, leaving 49 people dead and 53 injured.
Irslinger says employees have received death threats since the Tribune first reported the raffle.
He says they may partner with a non-profit organization to conduct the raffle in the future.
Gun shop cancels raffle of AR-15 rifle for Orlando victims | World | News | Toro
LGBT gun group membership spikes after Florida shooting
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:04 PM EDT | Updated: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:12 PM EDT
SALT LAKE CITY -- Memberships have more than doubled in a national LGBT pro-gun rights organization since a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Florida, killing 49 people.
Pink Pistols Utah chapter President Matt Schlentz said Pink Pistols membership has grown from 1,500 to 4,000 since Omar Mateen's June 12 rampage, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
"It's really sad that something on this scale had to happen for people to realize this is a need for our community," Schlentz said. "But the reality is we still get attacked for kissing our partners or holding hands in public. We get windows smashed for having an equality sticker on them."
Schlentz owns semi-automatic rifles similar to the Sig Sauer MCX that Mateen used, and he said he gets mixed reactions from people who learn he's a gun rights advocate.
"Obviously, as a gay man, I have to have some liberal views socially. But on this one point, I have very conservative views. The reality is what it is -- the world is a violent, terrible, scary place, and people do wish me harm based on who I love."
Pink Pistols organized in 2000 in response to a series of violent incidents like the murder in Wyoming of gay college student Matthew Shepard. Some early slogans were "Queers bash back" and "Pick on someone your own calibre."
Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah is another pro-gun LGBT group.
"As awful as Orlando is, I feel like this is a huge eye-opener for a lot of people that the world is not a perfect place, especially for a group that's at risk for this kind of violence," said Scott Mogilefsky, the group's president and an Army veteran.
There was an increase in people inquiring with the group after Orlando, he said.
"Security should be armed at all gay nightclubs, and all employees should run through a defensive shooting course once a year," Mogilefsky said. "When you think about supremacist groups, a gay bar is an easy target. And the shooter knew that. It was like shooting fish in a barrel."
Matt Schlentz poses with his Rainbow-Gadsen Flag and AR-15 in his backyard in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, June 16. Schlentz is the Pink Pistols Utah chapter President and said Pink Pistols, a national LGBT pro-gun rights organization, membership has grown from 1,500 to 4,000 since Omar Mateen's June 12 rampage in Orlando, Fla. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
LGBT gun group membership spikes after Florida shooting | World | News | Toronto
The Associated Press
First posted: Saturday, July 02, 2016 03:28 PM EDT | Updated: Saturday, July 02, 2016 03:34 PM EDT
MCHENRY, Ill. -- A suburban Chicago gun shop has cancelled a raffle of a semi-automatic rifle to benefit victims of the nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla.
The Chicago Tribune reports Second Amendment Sports in McHenry, Ill., called off the raffle following questions about whether it would be legal. Under Illinois law, only non-profit groups may hold raffles.
Bert Irslinger Jr. and his father own the shooting range and gun store. They were selling $5 tickets to win an AR-15 rifle similar to the weapon a gunman used to open fire in a gay nightclub June 12, leaving 49 people dead and 53 injured.
Irslinger says employees have received death threats since the Tribune first reported the raffle.
He says they may partner with a non-profit organization to conduct the raffle in the future.
Gun shop cancels raffle of AR-15 rifle for Orlando victims | World | News | Toro
LGBT gun group membership spikes after Florida shooting
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:04 PM EDT | Updated: Saturday, July 02, 2016 11:12 PM EDT
SALT LAKE CITY -- Memberships have more than doubled in a national LGBT pro-gun rights organization since a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Florida, killing 49 people.
Pink Pistols Utah chapter President Matt Schlentz said Pink Pistols membership has grown from 1,500 to 4,000 since Omar Mateen's June 12 rampage, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
"It's really sad that something on this scale had to happen for people to realize this is a need for our community," Schlentz said. "But the reality is we still get attacked for kissing our partners or holding hands in public. We get windows smashed for having an equality sticker on them."
Schlentz owns semi-automatic rifles similar to the Sig Sauer MCX that Mateen used, and he said he gets mixed reactions from people who learn he's a gun rights advocate.
"Obviously, as a gay man, I have to have some liberal views socially. But on this one point, I have very conservative views. The reality is what it is -- the world is a violent, terrible, scary place, and people do wish me harm based on who I love."
Pink Pistols organized in 2000 in response to a series of violent incidents like the murder in Wyoming of gay college student Matthew Shepard. Some early slogans were "Queers bash back" and "Pick on someone your own calibre."
Stonewall Shooting Sports of Utah is another pro-gun LGBT group.
"As awful as Orlando is, I feel like this is a huge eye-opener for a lot of people that the world is not a perfect place, especially for a group that's at risk for this kind of violence," said Scott Mogilefsky, the group's president and an Army veteran.
There was an increase in people inquiring with the group after Orlando, he said.
"Security should be armed at all gay nightclubs, and all employees should run through a defensive shooting course once a year," Mogilefsky said. "When you think about supremacist groups, a gay bar is an easy target. And the shooter knew that. It was like shooting fish in a barrel."
Matt Schlentz poses with his Rainbow-Gadsen Flag and AR-15 in his backyard in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, June 16. Schlentz is the Pink Pistols Utah chapter President and said Pink Pistols, a national LGBT pro-gun rights organization, membership has grown from 1,500 to 4,000 since Omar Mateen's June 12 rampage in Orlando, Fla. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
LGBT gun group membership spikes after Florida shooting | World | News | Toronto
A US pastor who made headlines for praising the mass killings of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Florida has had his plans for Johannesburg events scuppered by South African businesses not wanting to associate with him.
Pastor Steven L Anderson from the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona, will be making his way to Johannesburg in September for a promised "soul-winning marathon".
Anderson promised to start the marathon on September 18 with a breakfast at the Spur in Festival Mall, Kempton Park, and then lunch at the shopping centre's Wimpy.
But both fast food franchises have told the pastor they will be having none of his anti-gay preaching.
Spur Steak Ranches said it had been made aware of Anderson’s plans and tweeted on Tuesday: "We, as the Spur Group, are reserving our right to prohibit this person [from] entering any Spur restaurants as his views are contrary to the non-discriminatory and openly tolerant stance of our brand."
And in a statement on its Facebook page, Wimpy South Africa wrote: "Anderson is widely recognised for his homophobic pronouncements and has been accused of inciting hate speech
"Wimpy has advised Anderson that the business will not permit him to conduct public preaching or religious gatherings in its restaurants. Wimpy reserves the right to prohibit him from entering any Wimpy restaurant," the restaurant chain added.
And adding to his woes, the preacher might have to look for a place to stay while visiting Johannesburg because Premier Hotels and Resorts also took the decision to deny him entry.
"As a South African company, we support the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom laid out in this cornerstone of our country's democracy.
"We reserve the right of admission to any of our properties and will be exercising this right in this instance," the hotel chain said.
Complaining about the cancellation, Anderson's church asked its Facebook followers to give the hotel chain a one-star rating.
No go for 'kill the gays' pastor at Spur, Wimpy, Joburg hotel | News24
Pastor Steven L Anderson from the Faithful Word Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona, will be making his way to Johannesburg in September for a promised "soul-winning marathon".
Anderson promised to start the marathon on September 18 with a breakfast at the Spur in Festival Mall, Kempton Park, and then lunch at the shopping centre's Wimpy.
But both fast food franchises have told the pastor they will be having none of his anti-gay preaching.
Spur Steak Ranches said it had been made aware of Anderson’s plans and tweeted on Tuesday: "We, as the Spur Group, are reserving our right to prohibit this person [from] entering any Spur restaurants as his views are contrary to the non-discriminatory and openly tolerant stance of our brand."
And in a statement on its Facebook page, Wimpy South Africa wrote: "Anderson is widely recognised for his homophobic pronouncements and has been accused of inciting hate speech
"Wimpy has advised Anderson that the business will not permit him to conduct public preaching or religious gatherings in its restaurants. Wimpy reserves the right to prohibit him from entering any Wimpy restaurant," the restaurant chain added.
And adding to his woes, the preacher might have to look for a place to stay while visiting Johannesburg because Premier Hotels and Resorts also took the decision to deny him entry.
"As a South African company, we support the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom laid out in this cornerstone of our country's democracy.
"We reserve the right of admission to any of our properties and will be exercising this right in this instance," the hotel chain said.
Complaining about the cancellation, Anderson's church asked its Facebook followers to give the hotel chain a one-star rating.
No go for 'kill the gays' pastor at Spur, Wimpy, Joburg hotel | News24
Police investigate social media threats to 'exterminate' LGBT people in Florida
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, September 02, 2016 01:06 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, September 02, 2016 01:10 AM EDT
WILTON MANORS, Fla. — Law enforcement officials are investigating threats posted on Facebook to “exterminate” LGBT people living in a predominantly gay city near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Wilton Manors Commissioner Justin Flippen says the threat is being taken seriously by the FBI and local police.
The posts mentioned the June 12 attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 people and injured more than 50.
One post said “if you losers thought the Pulse nightclub shooting was bad, wait till you see what I’m planning for Labor Day.”
Wilton Manors Police Chief Paul O’Connell tells local news outlets the FBI has spoken to the man believed to have made the posts. He says his agency is conducting an “intense investigation.”
Police investigate social media threats to 'exterminate' LGBT people in Florida
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Friday, September 02, 2016 01:06 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, September 02, 2016 01:10 AM EDT
WILTON MANORS, Fla. — Law enforcement officials are investigating threats posted on Facebook to “exterminate” LGBT people living in a predominantly gay city near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Wilton Manors Commissioner Justin Flippen says the threat is being taken seriously by the FBI and local police.
The posts mentioned the June 12 attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 people and injured more than 50.
One post said “if you losers thought the Pulse nightclub shooting was bad, wait till you see what I’m planning for Labor Day.”
Wilton Manors Police Chief Paul O’Connell tells local news outlets the FBI has spoken to the man believed to have made the posts. He says his agency is conducting an “intense investigation.”
Police investigate social media threats to 'exterminate' LGBT people in Florida
Katy Perry surprises Orlando massacre survivor who listened to her music as he recovered
WENN.com
First posted: Friday, September 09, 2016 09:57 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, September 09, 2016 10:09 AM EDT
Katy Perry stunned a survivor of the Orlando, Fla., nightclub massacre by surprising him with a TV appearance.
Tony Marrero, who was partying at the Pulse nightclub in June when a gunman opened fire, painfully recreated the moment he realized his life and those of his friends were at risk in a video he shot for The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
He said, “It was horrible. (There were) people screaming and crying, people saying their goodbyes.”
The TV host, who admitted she “sobbed for 15 hours” after learning about the events at the gay club, invited Marrero onto her show and then surprised him by introducing him to Perry, whose 2016 song Rise helped him as he recovered from his injuries.
Tony was shot in the back four times and ‘died’ on his way to hospital. He was later revived. His best friend Luis was killed.
Ellen asked Marrero if he had ever met Katy and when she stepped out into the studio, all three began to cry.
“We’re both electrified by each other and so inspired,” Perry said after hugging her fan.
She then fought back tears as Marrero thanked her for her “powerful” music and told her how important Rise was to him as he recovered from his injuries in hospital.
“I’m happy to be a joy. I’m happy to be a light, and I’m happy I could be there in my own little way to help you,” Perry said.
And there was one more surprise for the survivor - the singer offered to pay for his first year of film school.
Gunman Omar Mateen opened fire inside the Pulse nightclub on June 12, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50.
Katy Perry met Tony Marrero, who survived a shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (YouTube screen grab)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTR9sWuhHyw
Katy Perry surprises Orlando massacre survivor who listened to her music as he r
WENN.com
First posted: Friday, September 09, 2016 09:57 AM EDT | Updated: Friday, September 09, 2016 10:09 AM EDT
Katy Perry stunned a survivor of the Orlando, Fla., nightclub massacre by surprising him with a TV appearance.
Tony Marrero, who was partying at the Pulse nightclub in June when a gunman opened fire, painfully recreated the moment he realized his life and those of his friends were at risk in a video he shot for The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
He said, “It was horrible. (There were) people screaming and crying, people saying their goodbyes.”
The TV host, who admitted she “sobbed for 15 hours” after learning about the events at the gay club, invited Marrero onto her show and then surprised him by introducing him to Perry, whose 2016 song Rise helped him as he recovered from his injuries.
Tony was shot in the back four times and ‘died’ on his way to hospital. He was later revived. His best friend Luis was killed.
Ellen asked Marrero if he had ever met Katy and when she stepped out into the studio, all three began to cry.
“We’re both electrified by each other and so inspired,” Perry said after hugging her fan.
She then fought back tears as Marrero thanked her for her “powerful” music and told her how important Rise was to him as he recovered from his injuries in hospital.
“I’m happy to be a joy. I’m happy to be a light, and I’m happy I could be there in my own little way to help you,” Perry said.
And there was one more surprise for the survivor - the singer offered to pay for his first year of film school.
Gunman Omar Mateen opened fire inside the Pulse nightclub on June 12, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50.
Katy Perry met Tony Marrero, who survived a shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. (YouTube screen grab)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTR9sWuhHyw
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Pulse nightclub shooting survivor dies at house party
Postmedia Network
First posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 10:49 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 10:58 PM EDT
Chris Brodman miraculously survived the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre. Three months later, he’s dead.
The 34-year-old was at a friend’s house party last weekend in Tampa, Fla., when he was discovered unresponsive in the garden. Efforts to save him were unsuccessful.
“It was supposed to be a fun night. They were supposed to go out there and just, you know, have a fun night out there in Tampa,” fellow Pulse survivor Orlando Torres told News 6. “It’s unfortunate this had to happen to someone that is just so sweet and nice and didn’t deserve it, like anybody else.”
Detectives said there was no evidence of violence or trauma on Brodman’s body. The cause of death won’t be released until toxicology results are available.
After the horrific nightclub slaughter, Brodman spoke publicly about the tragedy and even got a tattoo saluting those who died.
Brodman wrote on Facebook after the attack that killed 49: “I look back and what stands out the most for me is how much support and love has been shown both here in Orlando and around the world.” — 24 HOURS
Pulse nightclub shooting survivor dies at house party | World | News | Toronto S
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First posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 10:49 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 10:58 PM EDT
Chris Brodman miraculously survived the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre. Three months later, he’s dead.
The 34-year-old was at a friend’s house party last weekend in Tampa, Fla., when he was discovered unresponsive in the garden. Efforts to save him were unsuccessful.
“It was supposed to be a fun night. They were supposed to go out there and just, you know, have a fun night out there in Tampa,” fellow Pulse survivor Orlando Torres told News 6. “It’s unfortunate this had to happen to someone that is just so sweet and nice and didn’t deserve it, like anybody else.”
Detectives said there was no evidence of violence or trauma on Brodman’s body. The cause of death won’t be released until toxicology results are available.
After the horrific nightclub slaughter, Brodman spoke publicly about the tragedy and even got a tattoo saluting those who died.
Brodman wrote on Facebook after the attack that killed 49: “I look back and what stands out the most for me is how much support and love has been shown both here in Orlando and around the world.” — 24 HOURS
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Audio clip of Pulse nightclub gunman's 911 call released
Mike Schneider, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:50 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 01:19 AM EDT
ORLANDO, Fla. — Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren’t sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recordings released Monday after a judge ruled they should be made public.
The audio recordings between police negotiators and shooter Omar Mateen don’t stray from transcripts of conversations released previously by the city of Orlando. But they do capture something not in the transcripts: police officials strategizing among themselves about how to talk to Mateen, who hung up several times during the 3-hour standoff at the gay nightclub.
A police official can be heard early on saying he’s not convinced the person on the call is in the club.
At another point, the lead police negotiator, named “Andy,” said, “He sounds like he is in a very sterile environment, like he’s at a home or an apartment.” But then another police official said Mateen could be in an office or bathroom.
The recordings also show how the negotiators were feeling out whether they had accurately identified the suspect.
“We called him Omar,” said Andy, who was then interrupted by another police official who says, “He didn’t deny it.”
Between calls, they mulled over what Mateen had told them, such as his refusal to answer if he had an accomplice.
They discussed Mateen’s claims that he was wearing a vest and that he had explosives in a car outside the nightclub. He wasn’t wearing a bomb vest and there were no explosives in a car, but police officials didn’t know that at the time.
“He said the bombs are in a car in the parking lot. He’s not confirming anything,” a police official can be heard saying in the background as Andy implores Mateen to respond.
Andy then tells another police official that Mateen had claimed to be wearing a vest but he didn’t know what type.
“A dress vest. A bulletproof vest, or a bomb vest. That’s all I got. We questioned him on it and he shut down,” the police negotiator said.
Circuit Judge Margaret Schreiber ruled Monday that Mateen’s calls should be made public. But she won’t rule on releasing other 911 calls from the mass shooting until she has listened to them.
More than two dozen news groups, including The Associated Press, have been fighting the city in court over the release of more than 600 calls dealing with the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The city has released about two-thirds of the calls but are still withholding the 232 calls that lawyers for the city say depict suffering or killing and are exempt from Florida’s public records laws.
The media groups have argued that the city’s application of the exemption is too broad and that the 911 calls will help the public evaluate the police response to the shooting at the gay nightclub.
During a hearing on Monday, the judge allowed family members of the 49 patrons who died to testify about whether they wanted the remaining 911 calls made public. The half dozen relatives and family representatives who testified said they opposed the release of audio recordings. Some said they would be comfortable with the release of a transcript but others objected to any release, even in written form.
“It would be extremely difficult for family and friends to listen to these calls,” said Jessica Silva, whose brother, Juan Rivera Velazquez, died with his partner in Pulse. “Just listening to one of the calls ... We can recognize voices. Just listening to them screaming ... How are we going to feel?”
The hearing also became a forum for several family members to express frustration at the lack of information they’ve gotten. Some said they hoped they would have a better understanding of what happened by listening to the calls.
The FBI has offered no indication of when the probe into the shooting that also left 53 people seriously wounded will be done. An FBI spokeswoman didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment.
Aileen Carillo, whose brother, Simon Adrian Carillo Fernandez, died in the nightclub, said she would like to listen to the calls to help her understand what happened, but didn’t want them to be made public.
“I would like to know what happened. We haven’t really heard what happened. We are unaware of the facts,” Carillo said on the witness stand through a Spanish interpreter.
An attorney for the family of 18-year-old Akyra Murray, the youngest Pulse victim, said family members don’t want the audio recordings released but would be ok with the release of a transcript.
“They feel that transparency is wanted,” said Richard Klineburger, an attorney from Philadelphia, where Murray’s family lives. “We do want to find out a real timeline because to this day, there are no answers.”
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911 audio captures police strategizing about Pulse nightclub shooter
Mike Schneide, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 09:36 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 09:51 AM EDT
ORLANDO, Fla. — Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren’t sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recordings.
The recordings between police negotiators and shooter Omar Mateen don’t stray from transcripts of conversations released previously by the city of Orlando. But they do capture police officials strategizing among themselves about how to talk to Mateen, who hung up several times during the 3-hour standoff at the gay nightclub.
Circuit Judge Margaret Schreiber ruled Monday that Mateen’s calls should be made public. But she won’t rule on releasing other 911 calls from the mass shooting until she has listened to them.
More than two dozen news groups, including The Associated Press, have been fighting the city in court over the release of more than 600 calls dealing with the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The city has released about two-thirds of the calls but are still withholding the 232 calls that lawyers for the city say depict suffering or killing and are exempt from Florida’s public records laws.
The media groups have argued that the city’s application of the exemption is too broad and that the 911 calls will help the public evaluate the police response to the shooting at the gay nightclub.
In one of the calls released, a police official can be heard early on saying he’s not convinced the person on the call is in the club.
At another point, the lead police negotiator, named “Andy,” said, “He sounds like he is in a very sterile environment, like he’s at a home or an apartment.” But another police official said Mateen could be in an office or bathroom.
The recordings also show how the negotiators were feeling out whether they had accurately identified the suspect.
“We called him Omar,” said Andy, who was then interrupted by another police official who says, “He didn’t deny it.”
Between calls, they mulled over what Mateen had told them, such as his refusal to answer if he had an accomplice.
They discussed Mateen’s claims that he was wearing a vest and that he had explosives in a car outside the nightclub. He wasn’t wearing a bomb vest and there were no explosives in a car, but police officials didn’t know that at the time.
“He said the bombs are in a car in the parking lot. He’s not confirming anything,” a police official can be heard saying in the background as Andy implores Mateen to respond.
Andy tells another police official that Mateen had claimed to be wearing a vest but he didn’t know what type.
“A dress vest. A bulletproof vest, or a bomb vest. That’s all I got. We questioned him on it and he shut down,” the police negotiator said.
The judge allowed family members of the 49 patrons who died to testify about whether they wanted the remaining 911 calls made public. Some opposed the release while others were OK with the transcript being made public.
“It would be extremely difficult for family and friends to listen to these calls,” said Jessica Silva, whose brother, Juan Rivera Velazquez, died with his partner in Pulse. “Just listening to one of the calls ... We can recognize voices. Just listening to them screaming ... How are we going to feel?”
The FBI has offered no indication of when the probe into the shooting that also left 53 people seriously wounded will be done. An FBI spokeswoman didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment.
Aileen Carillo, whose brother, Simon Adrian Carillo Fernandez, died in the nightclub, said she would like to listen to the calls to help her understand what happened, but didn’t want them to be made public.
“I would like to know what happened. We haven’t really heard what happened. We are unaware of the facts,” Carillo said on the witness stand through a Spanish interpreter.
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Mike Schneider, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, October 31, 2016 11:50 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 01:19 AM EDT
ORLANDO, Fla. — Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren’t sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recordings released Monday after a judge ruled they should be made public.
The audio recordings between police negotiators and shooter Omar Mateen don’t stray from transcripts of conversations released previously by the city of Orlando. But they do capture something not in the transcripts: police officials strategizing among themselves about how to talk to Mateen, who hung up several times during the 3-hour standoff at the gay nightclub.
A police official can be heard early on saying he’s not convinced the person on the call is in the club.
At another point, the lead police negotiator, named “Andy,” said, “He sounds like he is in a very sterile environment, like he’s at a home or an apartment.” But then another police official said Mateen could be in an office or bathroom.
The recordings also show how the negotiators were feeling out whether they had accurately identified the suspect.
“We called him Omar,” said Andy, who was then interrupted by another police official who says, “He didn’t deny it.”
Between calls, they mulled over what Mateen had told them, such as his refusal to answer if he had an accomplice.
They discussed Mateen’s claims that he was wearing a vest and that he had explosives in a car outside the nightclub. He wasn’t wearing a bomb vest and there were no explosives in a car, but police officials didn’t know that at the time.
“He said the bombs are in a car in the parking lot. He’s not confirming anything,” a police official can be heard saying in the background as Andy implores Mateen to respond.
Andy then tells another police official that Mateen had claimed to be wearing a vest but he didn’t know what type.
“A dress vest. A bulletproof vest, or a bomb vest. That’s all I got. We questioned him on it and he shut down,” the police negotiator said.
Circuit Judge Margaret Schreiber ruled Monday that Mateen’s calls should be made public. But she won’t rule on releasing other 911 calls from the mass shooting until she has listened to them.
More than two dozen news groups, including The Associated Press, have been fighting the city in court over the release of more than 600 calls dealing with the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The city has released about two-thirds of the calls but are still withholding the 232 calls that lawyers for the city say depict suffering or killing and are exempt from Florida’s public records laws.
The media groups have argued that the city’s application of the exemption is too broad and that the 911 calls will help the public evaluate the police response to the shooting at the gay nightclub.
During a hearing on Monday, the judge allowed family members of the 49 patrons who died to testify about whether they wanted the remaining 911 calls made public. The half dozen relatives and family representatives who testified said they opposed the release of audio recordings. Some said they would be comfortable with the release of a transcript but others objected to any release, even in written form.
“It would be extremely difficult for family and friends to listen to these calls,” said Jessica Silva, whose brother, Juan Rivera Velazquez, died with his partner in Pulse. “Just listening to one of the calls ... We can recognize voices. Just listening to them screaming ... How are we going to feel?”
The hearing also became a forum for several family members to express frustration at the lack of information they’ve gotten. Some said they hoped they would have a better understanding of what happened by listening to the calls.
The FBI has offered no indication of when the probe into the shooting that also left 53 people seriously wounded will be done. An FBI spokeswoman didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment.
Aileen Carillo, whose brother, Simon Adrian Carillo Fernandez, died in the nightclub, said she would like to listen to the calls to help her understand what happened, but didn’t want them to be made public.
“I would like to know what happened. We haven’t really heard what happened. We are unaware of the facts,” Carillo said on the witness stand through a Spanish interpreter.
An attorney for the family of 18-year-old Akyra Murray, the youngest Pulse victim, said family members don’t want the audio recordings released but would be ok with the release of a transcript.
“They feel that transparency is wanted,” said Richard Klineburger, an attorney from Philadelphia, where Murray’s family lives. “We do want to find out a real timeline because to this day, there are no answers.”
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911 audio captures police strategizing about Pulse nightclub shooter
Mike Schneide, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 09:36 AM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, November 01, 2016 09:51 AM EDT
ORLANDO, Fla. — Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren’t sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recordings.
The recordings between police negotiators and shooter Omar Mateen don’t stray from transcripts of conversations released previously by the city of Orlando. But they do capture police officials strategizing among themselves about how to talk to Mateen, who hung up several times during the 3-hour standoff at the gay nightclub.
Circuit Judge Margaret Schreiber ruled Monday that Mateen’s calls should be made public. But she won’t rule on releasing other 911 calls from the mass shooting until she has listened to them.
More than two dozen news groups, including The Associated Press, have been fighting the city in court over the release of more than 600 calls dealing with the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. The city has released about two-thirds of the calls but are still withholding the 232 calls that lawyers for the city say depict suffering or killing and are exempt from Florida’s public records laws.
The media groups have argued that the city’s application of the exemption is too broad and that the 911 calls will help the public evaluate the police response to the shooting at the gay nightclub.
In one of the calls released, a police official can be heard early on saying he’s not convinced the person on the call is in the club.
At another point, the lead police negotiator, named “Andy,” said, “He sounds like he is in a very sterile environment, like he’s at a home or an apartment.” But another police official said Mateen could be in an office or bathroom.
The recordings also show how the negotiators were feeling out whether they had accurately identified the suspect.
“We called him Omar,” said Andy, who was then interrupted by another police official who says, “He didn’t deny it.”
Between calls, they mulled over what Mateen had told them, such as his refusal to answer if he had an accomplice.
They discussed Mateen’s claims that he was wearing a vest and that he had explosives in a car outside the nightclub. He wasn’t wearing a bomb vest and there were no explosives in a car, but police officials didn’t know that at the time.
“He said the bombs are in a car in the parking lot. He’s not confirming anything,” a police official can be heard saying in the background as Andy implores Mateen to respond.
Andy tells another police official that Mateen had claimed to be wearing a vest but he didn’t know what type.
“A dress vest. A bulletproof vest, or a bomb vest. That’s all I got. We questioned him on it and he shut down,” the police negotiator said.
The judge allowed family members of the 49 patrons who died to testify about whether they wanted the remaining 911 calls made public. Some opposed the release while others were OK with the transcript being made public.
“It would be extremely difficult for family and friends to listen to these calls,” said Jessica Silva, whose brother, Juan Rivera Velazquez, died with his partner in Pulse. “Just listening to one of the calls ... We can recognize voices. Just listening to them screaming ... How are we going to feel?”
The FBI has offered no indication of when the probe into the shooting that also left 53 people seriously wounded will be done. An FBI spokeswoman didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment.
Aileen Carillo, whose brother, Simon Adrian Carillo Fernandez, died in the nightclub, said she would like to listen to the calls to help her understand what happened, but didn’t want them to be made public.
“I would like to know what happened. We haven’t really heard what happened. We are unaware of the facts,” Carillo said on the witness stand through a Spanish interpreter.
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