There was no immediate information on the wounded victims' conditions. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has confirmed that a mass shooting at Pulse a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida left at least 50 dead and 53 wounded, ABC News tweeted, making it the deadliest. "It's a horrific scene in there," Dean said early Thursday in the parking lot of the Borderline Bar & Grill. "There's blood everywhere." At 5:02 am the Orlando police triggered the first of several controlled detonations before smashing through the wall of the club with an armoured vehicle. It's not the first time LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people have been the. Read more: 8 facts about gun control in the US The worst mass shooting in modern American history was also a hate crime against the gay community. History The June 1969 rebellion by patrons of the Stonewall bar against police harassment helped to launch a renewed and more activist national gay rights movement.
Source: Allan Berube Papers, Archives of Sexuality & Gender. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the the deadliest mass shooting in US history and says the gunman who slaughtered at least 50 innocent party-goers in an Orlando gay club was one of its fighters. Authorities believe he ultimately killed himself. Article on the shooting at Ramrod appearing in the New York Post, November 20, 1980. Pulse, which is one of the biggest nightclubs in Orlando, was holding a Latin-themed event that was. The gunman, identified as a 28-year-old Marine Corps veteran, was found dead inside the bar. The attack began at about 02:00 local time (06:00 GMT) on Sunday. Ron Helus, a 29-year veteran of the sheriff's department, responded to the scene and was shot after he entered the building. Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean said that sheriff's Sgt.
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The attacker used a handgun and smoke bombs at a country dance bar outside Los Angeles, sending hundreds of panicking people toward the exits, with some breaking windows to escape, authorities and witnesses said.
Thirteen people are dead, including a sheriff's deputy, and at least 10 more are wounded after a shooting Wednesday night in a bar in Southern California.