Mass Shooting at Orlando Club

[RedAngie]

Yikes!!! How horrible. I hadn't heard until I opened this thread. I thought it would be about The Voice contestant who was shot and killed the other night.

 

[keishashadow]

Haven't seen the news yet this morning because my wife is into her "Fixer Upper" on HGTV...... were the bulk of the victims killed as a result of storming the club? I had assumed that the police responded after the bulk of the shooting had already occurred.

Watching now. Details just coming out. 20 victims are dead, 40 are injured...all innocent people trying to live their lives. Supposedly a 3 hour stand-off.

Shooter had an assault weapon, acted alone. He was in late 20's From Port St Lucie, he's a US citizen, has family members who are not...country not released...it's being said that the nationality is 'indicitive' supposedly Afghanastan. His house/social media/computers being searched now.

 

[robinb]

I work up to this horrible news. Someone upthread said, "Terrible, as always." As always. What kind of a freaking country do we live in when a mass shooting is "as always"? A usual event?

 

[JaneBanks]

50 casualties. 53 injured.

 

[robinb]

50 casualties. 53 injured.

And only SIX trauma surgeons!

 

[minnie56]

Beyond Tragic !!!!! how does one get an assault rifle outside of the military, police ?

 

[CPanther95]

Beyond Tragic !!!!! how does one get an assault rifle outside of the military etc?

You can't. Some in the media incorrectly call a long rifle, an assault rifle.

Unless he illegally modified a rifle to become an assault rifle, but that's unlikely. I don't think there's ever been a case of a mass shooting where someone did that. Or I guess you could steal one from the military.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

I live here. Please pray. Still trying to confirm that all of my friends are ok.

I hope you didn't lose anyone you love. I am praying.

 

[thedonduck]

They are reporting an AR15 and hand gun.
Pete and the rest of the dis team are all accounted for as well.
We are locals as well, trying to make sure we have reached all families and coworkers. This hits way too close to home.

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

50 casualties. 53 injured.

Did the casualty count change/rise? Last I heard was 20.

 

[CPanther95]

Did the casualty count change/rise? Last I heard was 20.

I assumed that was just an error combining the casualty numbers from 2 different reports. "Casualties" usually includes all dead and injured.

 

[ZachnElli]

I'm watching CNN and the casualty count went up around 9:30 am central time when they started a news conference. It is now 50 fatalities.

 

[thedonduck]

There are 50 dead and 53 injured. They are holding a press conference now.

 

[JaneBanks]

Did the casualty count change/rise? Last I heard was 20.

Yes. I'm watching the press conference and they announced the number of casualties as 50, not 20.

It is now the worst mass shooting in U.S. History.

 

[JJZMgailey]

Pete and the rest of the dis team are all accounted for as well.

Thank goodness!

 

[CPanther95]

I'm watching CNN and the casualty count went up around 9:30 am central time when they started a news conference. It is now 50 fatalities.

Holy crap, that's incredibly sad. Not that 20 wasn't significant, but that's a huge disparity between reports.

Did a bomb actually go off?

 

[ZachnElli]

Holy crap, that's incredibly sad. Not that 20 wasn't significant, but that's a huge disparity between reports.

Yes, it's now the worst mass shooting in US history. Praying for the 53 injured. Horrific.

 

[thedonduck]

The 20 were the initial "guess" based on what they could see and people calling in. Once they got inside they found drastically more causualities.
My guess is many more were killed during the final gun exchange by watching the news coverage.

 

[JaneBanks]

The shooter was born in New York lived in Port St. Lucie, his parents are from Afghanistan.

No bombs, just guns.

 

[minnie56]

DD tells me many Disney employees frequent this nightclub ..it's so terribly sad.