Valley Oak
06-12-2016, 12:02 PM
Folks, it's time to get rid of guns before they get rid of us.
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<header id="story-header">Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills 50 (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0)
By Lizette Alvarez (https://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/lizette_alvarez/index.html), Steve Kenny & Richard PÉREZ-PEÑA (https://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/richard_perezpena/index.html)<time datetime="2016-06-12" itemprop="datePublished" content="2016-06-12">, JUNE 12, 2016</time>
</header><figure id="slideshow-100000004466689" data-media-action="modal" aria-label="media" role="group" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/06/12/us/20160613ORLAND--slide-XS7I/20160613ORLAND--slide-XS7I-master768.jpg" itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject">Slide Showhttps://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/06/12/us/20160613ORLAND--slide-XS7I/20160613ORLAND--slide-XS7I-master768.jpgSLIDE SHOW|9 Photos of Mass Shooting at Orlando Nightclub, (https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/06/12/us/mass-shooting-at-orlando-nightclub.html)<figcaption itemprop="description" style="display: inline !important;">CreditSteve Nesius/Reuters </figcaption> (https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/06/12/us/mass-shooting-at-orlando-nightclub.html)</figure>ORLANDO, Fla. — A gunman killed 50 people and wounded 53 in a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday, officials said, in the worst mass shooting slaughter in American history, and law enforcement officials called it an act of terrorism.
The gunman was Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, 29, an American citizen living in Port St. Lucie, Fla., federal law enforcement officials said.
The killer stormed the Pulse nightclub armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle and a handgun at about 2 a.m., while more than 300 people were inside dancing and drinking, said John Mina, the Orlando police chief. After the gunman began mowing down patrons, hundreds of others, some of them bleeding, fled down the darkened streets of the surrounding neighborhood.
The gunman holed up inside with dozens of people effectively held hostage, some of them hiding in a restroom frantically calling for help, until about 5 a.m., when a police SWAT team, using an armored vehicle and stun grenades, raided the building and killed him.
In that assault, an officer was wounded, his life saved by a Kevlar helmet that deflected a bullet, and at least 30 people were rescued, Chief Mina said. Some survivors escaped under cover of what the police called two “discretionary explosions.”...
CONTINUES HERE: (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0)
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<header id="story-header">Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills 50 (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0)
By Lizette Alvarez (https://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/lizette_alvarez/index.html), Steve Kenny & Richard PÉREZ-PEÑA (https://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/p/richard_perezpena/index.html)<time datetime="2016-06-12" itemprop="datePublished" content="2016-06-12">, JUNE 12, 2016</time>
</header><figure id="slideshow-100000004466689" data-media-action="modal" aria-label="media" role="group" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope="" itemid="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/06/12/us/20160613ORLAND--slide-XS7I/20160613ORLAND--slide-XS7I-master768.jpg" itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject">Slide Showhttps://static01.nyt.com/images/2016/06/12/us/20160613ORLAND--slide-XS7I/20160613ORLAND--slide-XS7I-master768.jpgSLIDE SHOW|9 Photos of Mass Shooting at Orlando Nightclub, (https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/06/12/us/mass-shooting-at-orlando-nightclub.html)<figcaption itemprop="description" style="display: inline !important;">CreditSteve Nesius/Reuters </figcaption> (https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/06/12/us/mass-shooting-at-orlando-nightclub.html)</figure>ORLANDO, Fla. — A gunman killed 50 people and wounded 53 in a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday, officials said, in the worst mass shooting slaughter in American history, and law enforcement officials called it an act of terrorism.
The gunman was Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, 29, an American citizen living in Port St. Lucie, Fla., federal law enforcement officials said.
The killer stormed the Pulse nightclub armed with an AR-15-style assault rifle and a handgun at about 2 a.m., while more than 300 people were inside dancing and drinking, said John Mina, the Orlando police chief. After the gunman began mowing down patrons, hundreds of others, some of them bleeding, fled down the darkened streets of the surrounding neighborhood.
The gunman holed up inside with dozens of people effectively held hostage, some of them hiding in a restroom frantically calling for help, until about 5 a.m., when a police SWAT team, using an armored vehicle and stun grenades, raided the building and killed him.
In that assault, an officer was wounded, his life saved by a Kevlar helmet that deflected a bullet, and at least 30 people were rescued, Chief Mina said. Some survivors escaped under cover of what the police called two “discretionary explosions.”...
CONTINUES HERE: (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/13/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0)