Orlando shooter’s wife was aware of attack plans

But now, though, officials have no evidence that she “ever called police to warn them that she believed Mateen was planning an attack”. On Saturday night, hours before the rampage, Mateen visited Disney Springs, an outdoor restaurant, retail and entertainment complex at Walt Disney World, an official who was briefed on the case but insisted on anonymity to discuss the continuing investigation told The Associated Press.

However, it said officials were considering bringing charges against her for failing to tell them what she knew before the attack. “I will wait till (law enforcement officials) tells me”, he said. When and where that was is unclear.

One source said that Noor was forbidden to leave her home in Port St. Lucie, Florida, to visit her family in California.

Records indicate that Mateen purchased ammunition from that store the same day, according to a law enforcement official.

The letter illuminating Mateen’s state of mind in the final hours of his life was released as the long, sad procession of memorials and funerals for the victims began in Orlando and as the Federal Bureau of Investigation appealed for the public’s help in reconstructing the killer’s movements.

Some psychologists raised the possibility that Mateen was sexually conflicted and lashed out against gays, or that he was casing the nightclub for an attack and trying to find victims online. He said the younger man was telling him about his ex-wife.

It followed a call he had made to 911 where the terrorist had once again pledged his allegiance to ISIS.

And he called CNN affiliate News 13 in Orlando to proclaim he was carrying out the massacre on behalf of the terror group.

As the producer replied that he had been getting reports about it, Gentili said the caller cut him off. “It’s me. I am the shooter”.

‘I did it for ISIS, ‘ he said. ‘I did it for the Islamic State’.

Her husband went on to kill 49 people and injure another 53 people in what would amount to the deadliest mass shooting in American history.

“I would call it a hate crime”. He said he had spoken to Noor Salman’s mother after the Orlando attack. Patrons of Pulse have said that they had seen the 29-year-old American-born Muslim there a number of times or that he had been using gay dating apps. He said authorities are talking to hundreds of people and investigating everyone associated with Mateen, including family, friends and business associates.

Investigators don’t know whether the gunman frequented Pulse and chat rooms for personal reasons or for surveillance.

Mateen’s father, Seddique Mateen, denied his son was gay and said that if he had been in the nightclub before, he may have been “scouting the place”.

Claims have come from multiple sources, to a variety of media outlets and law-enforcement agencies.

No men have publicly come forward claiming to have had sexual contact with him.

‘He said no and hung up the phone, ‘ he said.

SWAT officers had severed a water main while tearing down a wall to rescue hostages, officials said.

But investigators have managed to obtain significant amounts of data from service providers, including email, authorities said. Was the gunman struggling with his own sexuality? “This is the worst thing that can happen for a father to see a son act like this”. It has also been reported that the DJ at the only gay bar in Ft.

“He said if [the friend] ever messed with him again”, Callen said, “you know how it’ll turn out”. He said his son was married with a child. His ex-wife, Sitora Yusufiy, described an abusive marriage to Mateen.

“It doesn’t surprise me that he might be gay”.

Mateen visited Disney World in April and June. That time, his second wife was with him.

She went with her husband to two locations, a law enforcement official said. “She knew his intentions…”