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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

OMAR MATEEN (NOVEMBER 16, 1986 TO JUNE 12, 2016)





Omar Mateen

A driver's license photo of Omar Mir Mateen.
Born
Omar Mir Seddique
November 16, 1986
New Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
Died
June 12, 2016 (aged 29)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death
Eight gunshot wounds by police officers
Citizenship
United States
Occupation
Security guard
Known for
Parent(s)
Mir Seddique Mateen (father)

Killings
Date
June 12, 2016
c.  2:00 a.m. – c.  5:00 a.m.
Location(s)
Orlando, Florida, United States
Target(s)
Killed
49
Injured
53
Weapons

Omar Mir Seddique Mateen (November 16, 1986 – June 12, 2016) was an American mass murderer who killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in a mass shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, before he was killed in a shootout with the local police. It was both the deadliest shooting by a single shooter and the deadliest act of violence against LGBT people in United States history.
Prior to the shooting, he had been investigated for connections to terrorism by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 2013 and 2014. During that period, he was placed on the Terrorist Screening Database, but subsequently removed. In a call to 9-1-1 during the shooting, Mateen identified himself as "Mujahideen", "Islamic Soldier", and "Soldier of God"; and pledged his allegiance multiple times to the Sunni militant jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). He said the shooting was "triggered" by an airstrike in Iraq that killed Abu Wahib, an ISIL commander, weeks before.

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