Orlando gunman had strong indications of radicalization

She said her parents knew what was going on and flew down to Florida to rescue her.

The FBI admitted that Mateen had previously been investigated – but cleared – for ties to a U.S. suicide bomber.

“The problem is we’re failing to evolve by learning the lesson that hiding does not work”, he said. He adds that officials don’t believe there is a threat of imminent danger to the public.

“Tonight our community witnessed a horrific crime. that will have a lasting effect on our community”, a solemn Dyer said, later adding that “we will not be defined by a hateful shooter”. Officials say 49 victims were killed in the incident.

Speaking to reporters from her home in Boulder, Colo., Sitora Yusufiy said the couple were together just four months before she fled their Florida home and filed for divorce.

Officials are giving more details about the law enforcement response to a mass shooting that left 50 dead at a gay Florida nightclub. “We are working as diligently as we can on that”, Bentley told a news conference.

“Anyone who was at Pulse nightclub and was a witness please come to the Orlando Police HQ”, the department tweeted.

He could hear the shooter laughing loudly as he sprayed gunfire over and under the bathroom stall. He then took several hostages and holed himself up. Shooter Omar Mateen was then killed. He says that by 11 p.m. Sunday, all bodies of victims had been turned over to medical examiner.

The carnage early on Sunday occurred in the heart of Orlando, about 15 miles (25 km) northeast of the Walt Disney World Resort.

What we do know, is that the tragedy began unfolding at 2:02 a.m., when officers engaged the suspect in a gun battle.

The imam’s son, however, told the Washington Post that Mateen seemed like “an aggressive person” and worked out regularly. Gilroy called him an angry, loud, profane man who used slurs for gay people, blacks, Jews and women.

“What he did was absolutely wrong it’s against the nature of humanity”, Seddique said.

Gilroy told The New York Times, “He talked about killing people all the time”.

“In every single one of our cases, as we look back, somebody always sees something that they should have told us, and they didn’t”, Comey said. “This is terrorizing. I don’t forgive him”, the father said.

“In the beginning, he was a normal being”, said Yusufiy, his estranged wife.

“He was scary in a concerning way”, Gilroy said.

Mateen bought at least two guns legally within the last week or so, according to Trevor Velinor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Comey said Mateen’s comments were contradictory, as he claimed his attack was in support of Islamic State.

Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister David Cameron have sent messages of condolence from Britain for the attack, which killed 50 people at a gay nightclub.

“It’s shocking”, he said about the shooting.

Other family members were desperate for news about their missing loved ones. “Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who have been affected”.

“Whether this attack was also ISIS-directed remains to be determined”, Schiff said, using an alternate acronym for Islamic State.

Al-Bayan Radio, a media outlet for the IS extremist group, on Monday hailed the attack that left 50 people dead, saying it targeted a gathering of Christians and gays and that it’s the worst attack on US soil since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The broadcast is apparently an opportunistic statement as IS has not officially claimed responsibility for the Orlando attack.

He sent his condolences and said there is “no comfort for those who have had their loved ones torn away from them”.

June is Gay Pride month across the nation, and Orlando recently wrapped up its annual week-long Gay Days festival.

Donald Trump, the presumptive GOP candidate president, called the attack “horror beyond description” and pledged solidarity with Orlando’s LGBT community. The goal, he said, is to determine whether anyone was either directing or aiding Mateen – and so far, Comey said, investigators haven’t seen anything to suggest the gunman is part of a larger plan or group. In such tight quarters, the bullets could hardly miss.

Scott’s request came a little more than 24 hours after lone gunman Omar Mateen, 29, went to the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando and committed the worst mass shooting in US history.