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Judge denies request to drop obstruction charge for Pulse shooter’s widow

A federal judge on Tuesday denied a request to dismiss an obstruction charge against Noor Salman, the widow of Pulse shooter Omar Mateen, based on the location of the allegations. Salman is charged with aiding and abetting support of a foreign terrorist organization and obstruction of justice. She is accused of helping scope…

Orlando nightclub shooter’s widow charged in attack

Los Angeles (dpa) – The widow of the man who gunned down 49 people in a nightclub in Florida last June was charged Tuesday with helping him prior to the attack and obstructing justice in its aftermath, the US Department of Justice said. Noor Salman was arrested in California on Monday, four days after she […]

Transcripts of 911 calls reveal Pulse shooter’s terrorist motives

ORLANDO, Fla. — “You have to tell America to stop bombing Syria and Iraq. They are killing a lot of innocent people,” gunman Omar Mateen told a crisis negotiator from inside the Pulse nightclub during a June standoff, transcripts of 911 calls released Friday show. The 17 pages of conversations between Mateen and Orlando officials […]

FBI asks agencies who responded to Pulse to deny records requests

ORLANDO, Fla. — The FBI has asked law enforcement agencies who responded to Pulse nightclub to withhold records from the public, according to officials. A June 20 letter from the FBI, attached to the City or Orlando’s lawsuit over withholding 911 calls and other records from 25 media outlets including the Orlando Sentinel, was also […]

New records paint picture of chaos at Pulse, raise question about exits

MIAMI — New records released in the Orlando nightclub massacre offered a glimpse into the chaos of that bloody night while spurring confusion about whether an exit door may have been blocked as clubgoers fled the killer. The log of 911 and police calls chronicled 193 minutes of chaos, with terrified callers describing a gunman […]

Dispatchers heard gunshots, screams, moans in Pulse 911 calls

ORLANDO, Fla.—In 911 calls the night of the Pulse shooting, some of the trapped patrons described seeing the shooter inside the nightclub. Others said they could only hear him getting closer. One whispered: “Please help.” Another spoke with a dispatcher only briefly. “My caller is no longer responding,” a dispatcher said at 2:09 a.m. “Just […]

Pakistan-born American says he reported Florida Killer Omar Mateen to FBI

A Muslim American of Pakistani descent says he had told about Omar Mateen, who killed 50 people in Florida State, to FBI after listening to his radical thoughts in 2014, and criticized Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump for accusing Muslims for not sharing such information with government officials. Writing in the leading US newspaper, the […]

Doctor who treated Orlando victims addresses Islamophobia in wake of attack

Dr. Joseph “Joey” Ibrahim was making his rounds at Orlando Regional Medical Center this week, checking the dozen remaining victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting and bracing for more fallout, for more talk in the media about Muslim extremists. Ibrahim’s father was a Muslim immigrant, just like the father of shooter Omar Mateen. Ibrahim isn’t […]

FBI Just Not Ready To Tell America How Gay Orlando Shooter Was

OR DOES IT? So this is weird, and now we are more confused than we were before: FBI investigators so far have not turned up persuasive evidence that Orlando gunman Omar Mateen was pursuing gay relationships, according to two government officials familiar with the investigation. The FBI began investigating that possibility after media reports last […]

FBI can’t verify gay claims concerning Omar Mateen, the Orlando shooter: Reports

Federal investigators have so far been unable to corroborate claims made by individuals who say they spoke with Omar Mateen on gay dating apps before he opened fire inside an Orlando nightclub this month, officials said Thursday. Contrary to accusations made in the aftermath of the June 12 mass shooting, investigators have failed to find […]