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Police have confirmed that 50 people were killed in the Sunday morning shooting rampage at an Orlando nightclub, [4]making it the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
The gunman, identified as 29-year-old Omar Mateen, opened fire inside the popular gay club Pulse in Orlando at around 2 a.m. [3]According to police, the shooting which authorities described as a “domestic terror attack” [6]quickly turned into a hostage situation, as the 300-plus people inside the club tried to escape.[2]
Mateen was ultimately killed by SWAT team officers approximately three hours after he began shooting.[10] It was initially reported that 20 people had been killed in the attack, [1]but at a news conference later Sunday morning.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said the death toll was approximately 50, in addition to Mateen.
The U.S. has a long history of mass shootings. Prior to Sunday’s attack in Orlando,[10] the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting had been the deadliest, with 32 fatalities in addition to the shooter.[2]
Other mass shootings in recent years include the 1999 attack that left 13 dead at Columbine High School in Colorado;[9] the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, [4]Conn., that killed 26; the June 2015 shooting spree that killed nine people at a church in South Carolina; and the December 2015 attack at a holiday party in San Bernardino, Calif.,that left 14 dead.[12]
Source: Yahoo News
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