ORLANDO SHOOTING: ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY GAY NIGHT CLUB SHOOTING

Omar Mateen

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, claimed responsibility for the shooting, CBS News reports. The terror group’s news organization, Aamaq Agency, said the attack was
“carried out by an Islamic State fighter.”


CBS2’s Lou Young was in Orlando Sunday night. He said the area where the shooting happened — just southwest of downtown Orlando — was a wide avenue lined with strip malls, restaurants and stores. It would be a familiar scene to anybody who lives on Long Island or in New Jersey as part of our American topography.

An ATF official said Mateen had legally purchased a handgun and a “long gun” within the past week. Mateen had a concealed carry permit from the state of Florida allowing him to legally purchase a firearm in the state, a law enforcement source told Milton.

“We know that this individual did purchase at least two firearms,” said Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Assistant Special-Agent-in-Charge Trevor Velinor. “He is not a prohibited person. so he can legally walk into a gun dealership and acquire and purchase firearms.”

Orlando Police Chief John Mina said the suspect was armed with a handgun and an AR-15-style assault rifle. There’s no current indication that Mateen had accomplices, police say.


Source:newyork.cbslocal