He later told a negotiator he was carrying out the attack because of American bombing in Iraq and Syria.īut how does a man born in Hyde Park, N.Y., to parents from Afghanistan become the most heinous mass shooter in U.S. In a 911 call after he began shooting on June 12, Mateen swore allegiance to the leader of ISIL, and claimed the attack was “triggered” by the killing of an American in Iraq. Although acquaintances said they thought Mateen was gay, investigators said they found no evidence of a gay life, secret or public, on his phone or computer. The 29-year-old perpetrator, Omar Mateen, was killed by Orlando police after a three-hour standoff at the Pulse nightclub, a bar that Mateen was known to have frequented. Officials have labeled it a terrorist attack and a hate crime. A little more than four months ago, an American man of Afghan heritage slaughtered 49 people in a gay nightclub in Orlando and wounded 53 others in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S.
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