Orlando
Shooter Called 911 to Pledge Allegiance to ISIS:
Sources
By Tracy Connor and Erik Ortiz
June 12, 2016 "Information
Clearing House"
- "NBCNews"
- The gunman who opened fire at a gay Florida
nightclub early Sunday, shooting over 100 people,
had called 911 moments before to pledge allegiance
to the leader of ISIS, law enforcement sources told
NBC News.
But as investigators try to determine if extremism
motivated Omar Mateen, 29, to attack the Pulse
Nightclub in Orlando, his family believes he was
pushed over the edge by pure hate against the LGBT
community.
Various law enforcement officials have identified
the shooter as Mateen, who was born in New York and
lived in Port St. Lucie on Florida's eastern shores.
The attack, which claimed at least 50 lives, is
considered the deadliest mass shooting in U.S.
history. While authorities are still investigating
what motivated the gunman, the shooting is being
considered an act of terrorism.
Mateen, who was carrying a handgun and AR-15-type
rifle, died after a SWAT team stormed the club,
police said. The shooter, who worked in security,
according to the family, had active security officer
and firearms licenses, records show.
Records also show he had filed a petition for a name
change in 2006 from Omar Mir Seddique to Omar Mir
Seddique Mateen.
Because of his name and heritage, there were
immediate questions about Mateen's possible ties to
Islamic fundamentalism — but his father said it may
have been a recent incident involving two men
showing each other affection that set the gunman
off.
"We were in Downtown Miami, Bayside, people were
playing music. And he saw two men kissing each other
in front of his wife and kid and he got very angry,"
Mir Seddique, told NBC News on Sunday. "They were
kissing each other and touching each other and he
said, 'Look at that. In front of my son they are
doing that.' And then we were in the men's bathroom
and men were kissing each other."
"We are saying we are apologizing for the whole
incident," Seddique said. "We weren't aware of any
action he is taking. We are in shock like the whole
country."
Seddique added, "This had nothing to do with
religion."
Driving the point home that religion was a
consideration in the mind of investigators, at a
10:30 a.m. news conference Saturday, officials
brought a member of the Muslim community to speak.
Police did not explicitly say Mateen was Muslim, but
Islamic groups put out statements against the
carnage.
"We condemn this monstrous attack and offer our
heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones
of all those killed or injured. The Muslim community
joins our fellow Americans in repudiating anyone or
any group that would claim to justify or excuse such
an appalling act of violence," the Council on
American-Islamic Relations Orlando Regional
Coordinator Rasha Mubarak said in a statement.
Seddique said Mateen was a husband and father to a
3-year-old son. The family's home in Port St. Lucie
is less than two hours south of Orlando.
He worked in security and had attended Indian River
State College, where he got an associate's degree in
criminal justice, his father added.
Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., whose district includes
the area of the massacre, suggested to reporters
that "more likely than not" the shooting spree at
the nightclub was ideologically motivated.
"Let me put it this way," he said, "the nationality
of family members is indicative."
The family's background was not immediately clear,
but Grayson said Mateen was a U.S. citizen
Today's Orlando Killer Was NYPD Fan -
This Tells Us What?
By Moon
Of Alabama
June 11,
2016 "Information
Clearing House"
- "Moon
Of Alabama"
- Last
night some deadbeat loser killed more than 50 people
in a gay club in Orlando, Florida. It is the largest
shooting massacre in the U.S. since Wounded Knee.
According to his ex-wife the man, one Omar Mateen,
used to beat her and was not religious.
Earlier
Mateen took pictures of himself and
posted those on Myspace. The pics are selfies
and mostly not remarkable but in one of them he
wears a shirt with the New York Police Department
emblem on it.
 
This tells
us what?
- The
guy was a follower of the NYPD?
- He had
pledged allegiance to the NYPD?
- The
NYPD radicalized him and taught him to hate
gays?
There is
currently a lot of speculation that the guy was also
a fan of the Islamic State (ISIS) death cult. None
of the pictures he posted would point into that
direction. But it still may be the case.
But what
does that really tell us?
Was his
emotional relation to ISIS as strong as his
emotional relation to the NYPD?
Do such
assumed allegiances tell us anything at all?
See
also
ISIS claims responsibility
for Orlando mass shooting – affiliated agency:
Amaq News, a Syrian news agency with close ties to
the Islamic State, says the group is responsible for
the attack on an Orlando gay club, which has killed
50 people, and left 53 injured.
Florida shooting: multiple
gunshots heard in video:
You can hear as many as 22 gunshots in this video
provided to WESH 2 News
Shooting victims in Orlando gay club carried from
the scene (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Obama calls Orlando shooting
'an act of terror':
, Obama said, "We know enough to say that this was
an act of terror and an act of hate. And as
Americans, we are united in grief and in outrage,
and in resolve to defend our people."
Omar Mateen, Terrorist Who
Attacked Orlando Gay Club, Had Been Investigated by
FBI: Mateen was a
‘known quantity’ to federal law enforcement before
he killed 53 people in the worst mass shooting in
U.S. history.
ISIS 'kill list' targets Palm
Beach, Treasure Coast residents: Ex-FBI agent:
A pro-Isis group has released a hit list with the
names of more than 8,000 peoplemostly Americans.
More than 600-people live in Florida, and one
security expert believes that many of those targeted
live in Palm Beach County and on the Treasure Coast.
Texas Lieutenant Governor
slammed for tweet sent after Florida shooting:
“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man
reaps what he sows,” read the Bible verse Patrick
sent out on his official Twitter account
Gays Must Die Says Speaker At
Orlando Mosque -
: The United West investigative team uncovered a
story so disturbing Field Sutton of Channel 9 news
in Orlando, FL broke the story on their newscast
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