The couple didn’t divorce, though, until June 21, 2011 — just three months before Mateen married Salman. Early Sunday, the 29-year-old Mateen opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, leaving 49 people dead and 53 wounded. Growing up, Salman’s parents tried to shelter their four girls. The gunman opened fire inside the crowded gay nightclub before dying in a gunfight with SWAT officers, police said. She quoted Salman’s mother telling her that Mateen even tried to keep the daughter from traveling home to see her father when he was sick.

Source: Washington Post June 15, 2016 07:18 UTC