“There’s blood everywhere,” Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said.Īll of the dead were killed with the assault rifle, according to Rep. A surgeon at Orlando Regional Medical Center said the death toll was likely to climb.
The gunman’s father recalled that his son recently got angry when he saw two men kissing in Miami and said that might be related to the assault.Īt least 53 people were hospitalized, most in critical condition, officials said. It was the deadliest mass shooting in American history.Īuthorities were investigating the attack on the Florida dance hall as an act of terrorism. A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub early Sunday, killing at least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said.
