Arrest expected soon of alleged accomplice in Orlando mass shooting

[ExFreeper]

Sources: Arrest expected soon of alleged accomplice in Orlando mass shooting

WFTV Orlando

Sources told Channel 9 Monday that law enforcement could possibly make an arrest in the next few days of someone who allegedly helped the Orlando gunman carryout the mass shooting inside Pulse nightclub that killed 49 people on Sunday. 

"We have no reason to believe that anyone connected to this crime is placing the public in imminent danger at this time," said US Attorney Lee Bentley.

The owner of the St. Lucie Shooting Center where Omar Mateen purchased weapons days before he massacred 49 people in Orlando, said that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives “did not shut us down today. We decided to shut the doors so ATF could complete the investigation.”

"I'm just sorry he picked my place. I wish he picked no place," said owner Edward Henson.

Investigators said Mateen purchased a rifle and a handgun from the St. Lucie Shooting Center days before he carried out the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

“He passed a background check,” said Henson.

ATF Special Agent Trevor Velinor said during a news conference Sunday that Mateen bought the weapons legally within the last week.

Channel 9 found out that 202 rounds were fired during the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting Sunday, a law enforcement source said. That includes the gun battle between Omar Mateen and law enforcement, the source said.

The FBI's director said the agency is trying to determine whether the Orlando nightclub shooter had recently scouted Walt Disney World and other locations as potential targets.

Director James Comey made the comments at a Monday news conference about the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. When asked whether Disney and other locations had been scouted, Comey said, "We're still working through that."

He also said he wasn't in a position to comment further.

The Associated Press said that People.com, citing an unnamed federal law enforcement source, reported that Omar Mateen had recently scouted the theme park.

The report said he visited with his wife.

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[geronl]

The Associated Press said that People.com, citing an unnamed federal law enforcement source, reported that Omar Mateen had recently scouted the theme park.

The report said he visited with his wife.

http://www.wftv.com/news/local/breaking-sources-arrest-to-be-made-soon-of-alleged-accomplice-in-pulse-mass-shooting/340126409

but she also said they broke up years ago....

[RoosGirl]

I commented about this on another thread.  If she's telling people he was scouting WDW then she knew what he was up to, didn't tell the authorities and that makes her an accessory .

[Neverdul]

but she also said they broke up years ago....

2nd wife I believe.

[geronl]

I commented about this on another thread.  If she's telling people he was scouting WDW then she knew what he was up to, didn't tell the authorities and that makes her an accessory .

Maybe she is the one who is going to be arrested.

[ExFreeper]

but she also said they broke up years ago....

It appears he had another child by another woman which is different than the woman he married?  He met one online and she move to FL and they lived at his parents condo.  There is one from NJ and another living in CO or FL.  Not confirmed.

[ExFreeper]

2nd wife I believe.

After rereading, you may be correct.  From the link:

Comey said that during Mateen’s first interrogation, he said, “He hoped that law enforcement would raid his apartment and assault his wife and child so that he could martyr himself.”

[ExFreeper]

Pulse nightclub hostage texted Orlando police: 'He just reloaded, please be careful'

The floors were awash with blood, bodies were piled one on top of the other and somewhere in Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub, a gunman was still pulling the trigger.

Channel 9’s Shannon Butler spoke with officers who first responded to Sunday’s shooting, which left 50 people dead and dozens of others injured.

Gunshots could be heard inside the building as the officers tried to find a way to rescue the victims and get in to stop the shooter.

When they opened the door, they were engulfed in a chaotic, horrific scene, the officers said.

“As they were going in, people were running out,” they said. “The screams were so loud you couldn’t hear the person next to you.”

Many of the people running from the building had been shot and bled as they struggled to escape, the officers said.

When they looked around the room, the only light coming eerily from a spinning disco ball, they saw only carnage.

“They went in and looked around and all they could see were bodies lying all over the nightclub floor,” the officers said. “They could see blood almost covering the entire floor, and (bullet) casing after casing after casing on that floor.”

Bodies were piled one on top of the other as the officers looked for survivors.

They went through the room “going one-by-one, pulling (victims) up and checking for pulses,” the officers said. “Anyone with a pulse or some kind of movement, they were dragging out, trying to get them to safety.

“As they were doing that, they could hear shots (being) fired.”

The first officer on the scene was able to back the shooter, later identified as Omar Mateen, 27, into a bathroom, police said.

The man had taken three women hostage in the women’s bathroom, they said.

The women inside were able to text 911 and warn police that Mateen was still armed and ready to shoot, officers said.

“He has just reloaded, please be careful,” the women texted. “He has a bomb strapped to him.”

The Orlando Police Department ended up using a battering ram from the outside to smash in the wall of the club.

OPD SWAT members took the opportunity to storm the women’s bathroom and exchanged fire with Mateen, killing the man, police said.

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