This Day in History:
Terrorist Gunman
Attacks Pulse Nightclub June 12, 2016 49 people were killed in
the attack when 29-year-old
Omar Mateen entered the
club with an AR-15-type assault rifle. Most of the casualties
of the attack were
members of the Orlando, FL,
LGBTQ community. During the siege
on the club, Mateen
made a 911 call in which he
pledged his allegiance to ISIS. At about 5am,
police stormed the club
and shot and killed Mateen. Evidence shows that his
original target may have
been a Disney complex. In 2018, Mateen's wife was found
not guilty of obstructing justice for
making contradictory
statements to the FBI.