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Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills About 20, Police Say

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This is a horrible news but there is no way this kind of thread won't derail. No matter what people think of the situation, this is a huge tragedy, which reminds me what my country lived the 13 of November 2015. I just want to send my thoughts to my fellows Americans friends and the gay community in Orlando. I'll leave it there.

It's been updated to fifty making it the worst mass shooting in US history [1].

[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36512308

More updates:

It was a gay/LGBT nightclub

53 Dead, 40 or so wounded.

Perpetrator is "Omar Mir Seddique Mateen" [1], born in US to Afghan immigrant parents. He was killed by the police. Apparently he was a security officer and had a firearms license because of that [5].

"We do have suggestions that that individual may have leanings towards that, that particular ideology [Islamic extremism]. But right now we can’t say definitively, so we’re still running everything around," (quote from article). [2]

If you're in Orlando and wonder how you can help: give blood, especiall O+, O- and AB, at "Oneblood" (2 locations currently open) [3]

Situation ended because police went in. One officer was apparently shot in the head. [4]

[1] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36512308 [2] http://abcnews.go.com/US/omar-mateen-suspected-orlando-night... [3] https://twitter.com/AltPress/status/742004240176975873 [4] http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/... [5] https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/741997301657440256

The number was updated to an even more horrifying 50 dead and 53 injured, some critically.

Worst mass-shooting in American history.

And people ask why we still need Pride events. THIS is precisely why we still need pride.

Has there been any indication that this was a homophobic related crime? I haven't seen any yet.

Until we get more on the shooters motives it's hard to tell. However, a mass shooting specifically targeting an LGBT club seems unlikely to be coincidental.

The father claimed the murderer was violently homophobic.

It was a terrorist attack, Pride events won't change a damn thing about it.

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